马太福音 21
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified)
主骑驴进耶路撒冷
21 耶稣和门徒将近耶路撒冷，到了伯法其，在橄榄山那里， 2 耶稣就打发两个门徒，对他们说：“你们往对面村子里去，必看见一匹驴拴在那里，还有驴驹同在一处。你们解开，牵到我这里来。 3 若有人对你们说什么，你们就说：‘主要用它。’那人必立时让你们牵来。” 4 这事成就，是要应验先知的话说： 5 “要对锡安的居民[a]说：‘看哪，你的王来到你这里，是温柔的，又骑着驴，就是骑着驴驹子。’” 6 门徒就照耶稣所吩咐的去行， 7 牵了驴和驴驹来，把自己的衣服搭在上面，耶稣就骑上。 8 众人多半把衣服铺在路上，还有人砍下树枝来铺在路上。 9 前行后随的众人喊着说：“和散那[b]归于大卫的子孙！奉主名来的是应当称颂的！高高在上和散那！” 10 耶稣既进了耶路撒冷，合城都惊动了，说：“这是谁？” 11 众人说：“这是加利利拿撒勒的先知耶稣。”
洁净圣殿
12 耶稣进了神的殿，赶出殿里一切做买卖的人，推倒兑换银钱之人的桌子和卖鸽子之人的凳子， 13 对他们说：“经上记着说：‘我的殿必称为祷告的殿’，你们倒使它成为贼窝了！” 14 在殿里有瞎子、瘸子到耶稣跟前，他就治好了他们。 15 祭司长和文士看见耶稣所行的奇事，又见小孩子在殿里喊着说“和散那归于大卫的子孙”，就甚恼怒， 16 对他说：“这些人所说的，你听见了吗？”耶稣说：“是的。经上说‘你从婴孩和吃奶的口中完全了赞美’的话，你们没有念过吗？” 17 于是离开他们，出城到伯大尼去，在那里住宿。
无花果树被咒诅
18 早晨回城的时候，他饿了。 19 看见路旁有一棵无花果树，就走到跟前，在树上找不着什么，不过有叶子，就对树说：“从今以后，你永不结果子！”那无花果树就立刻枯干了。 20 门徒看见了，便稀奇说：“无花果树怎么立刻枯干了呢？” 21 耶稣回答说：“我实在告诉你们：你们若有信心，不疑惑，不但能行无花果树上所行的事，就是对这座山说：‘你挪开此地，投在海里！’，也必成就。 22 你们祷告，无论求什么，只要信，就必得着。”
辩驳耶稣的权柄
23 耶稣进了殿，正教训人的时候，祭司长和民间的长老来，问他说：“你仗着什么权柄做这些事？给你这权柄的是谁呢？” 24 耶稣回答说：“我也要问你们一句话，你们若告诉我，我就告诉你们我仗着什么权柄做这些事。 25 约翰的洗礼是从哪里来的？是从天上来的，是从人间来的呢？”他们彼此商议说：“我们若说从天上来，他必对我们说：‘这样，你们为什么不信他呢？’ 26 若说从人间来，我们又怕百姓，因为他们都以约翰为先知。” 27 于是回答耶稣说：“我们不知道。”耶稣说：“我也不告诉你们我仗着什么权柄做这些事。”
两个儿子的比喻
28 又说：“一个人有两个儿子。他来对大儿子说：‘我儿，你今天到葡萄园里去做工。’ 29 他回答说‘我不去’，以后自己懊悔，就去了。 30 又来对小儿子也是这样说，他回答说‘父啊，我去’，他却不去。 31 你们想这两个儿子是哪一个遵行父命呢？”他们说：“大儿子。”耶稣说：“我实在告诉你们：税吏和娼妓倒比你们先进神的国。 32 因为约翰遵着义路到你们这里来，你们却不信他，税吏和娼妓倒信他。你们看见了，后来还是不懊悔去信他。
凶恶园户的比喻
33 “你们再听一个比喻：有个家主栽了一个葡萄园，周围圈上篱笆，里面挖了一个压酒池，盖了一座楼，租给园户，就往外国去了。 34 收果子的时候近了，就打发仆人到园户那里去收果子。 35 园户拿住仆人，打了一个，杀了一个，用石头打死一个。 36 主人又打发别的仆人去，比先前更多，园户还是照样待他们。 37 后来打发他的儿子到他们那里去，意思说：‘他们必尊敬我的儿子。’ 38 不料园户看见他儿子，就彼此说：‘这是承受产业的。来吧，我们杀他，占他的产业！’ 39 他们就拿住他，推出葡萄园外杀了。 40 园主来的时候，要怎样处治这些园户呢？” 41 他们说：“要下毒手除灭那些恶人，将葡萄园另租给那按着时候交果子的园户。” 42 耶稣说：“经上写着：‘匠人所弃的石头，已做了房角的头块石头。这是主所做的，在我们眼中看为稀奇。’这经你们没有念过吗？ 43 所以我告诉你们：神的国必从你们夺去，赐给那能结果子的百姓。 44 谁掉在这石头上，必要跌碎；这石头掉在谁的身上，就要把谁砸得稀烂。” 45 祭司长和法利赛人听见他的比喻，就看出他是指着他们说的。 46 他们想要捉拿他，只是怕众人，因为众人以他为先知。
Matthew 21
Common English Bible
Entry into Jerusalem
21 When they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus gave two disciples a task. 2 He said to them, “Go into the village over there. As soon as you enter, you will find a donkey tied up and a colt with it. Untie them and bring them to me. 3 If anyone says anything to you, say that their master needs them.” He sent them off right away. 4 Now this happened to fulfill what the prophet said, 5 Say to Daughter Zion, “Look, your king is coming to you, humble and riding on a donkey, and on a colt the donkey’s offspring.”[a] 6 The disciples went and did just as Jesus had ordered them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt and laid their clothes on them. Then he sat on them.
8 Now a large crowd spread their clothes on the road. Others cut palm branches off the trees and spread them on the road. 9 The crowds in front of him and behind him shouted, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord![b]Hosanna in the highest!” 10 And when Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up. “Who is this?” they asked. 11 The crowds answered, “It’s the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.”
Cleansing the temple
12 Then Jesus went into the temple and threw out all those who were selling and buying there. He pushed over the tables used for currency exchange and the chairs of those who sold doves. 13 He said to them, “It’s written, My house will be called a house of prayer.[c] But you’ve made it a hideout for crooks.”
14 People who were blind and lame came to Jesus in the temple, and he healed them. 15 But when the chief priests and legal experts saw the amazing things he was doing and the children shouting in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were angry. 16 They said to Jesus, “Do you hear what these children are saying?”
“Yes,” he answered. “Haven’t you ever read, From the mouths of babies and infants you’ve arranged praise for yourself? [d]” 17 Then he left them and went out of the city to Bethany and spent the night there.
Cursing the fig tree
18 Early in the morning as Jesus was returning to the city, he was hungry. 19 He saw a fig tree along the road, but when he came to it, he found nothing except leaves. Then he said to it, “You’ll never again bear fruit!” The fig tree dried up at once.
20 When the disciples saw it, they were amazed. “How did the fig tree dry up so fast?” they asked.
21 Jesus responded, “I assure you that if you have faith and don’t doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree. You will even say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the lake.’ And it will happen. 22 If you have faith, you will receive whatever you pray for.”
Jesus’ authority questioned
23 When Jesus entered the temple, the chief priests and elders of the people came to him as he was teaching. They asked, “What kind of authority do you have for doing these things? Who gave you this authority?”
24 Jesus replied, “I have a question for you. If you tell me the answer, I’ll tell you what kind of authority I have to do these things. 25 Where did John get his authority to baptize? Did he get it from heaven or from humans?”
They argued among themselves, “If we say ‘from heaven,’ he’ll say to us, ‘Then why didn’t you believe him?’ 26 But we can’t say ‘from humans’ because we’re afraid of the crowd, since everyone thinks John was a prophet.” 27 Then they replied, “We don’t know.”
Jesus also said to them, “Neither will I tell you what kind of authority I have to do these things.
Parable of two sons
28 “What do you think? A man had two sons. Now he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’
29 “‘No, I don’t want to,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.
30 “The father said the same thing to the other son, who replied, ‘Yes, sir.’ But he didn’t go.
31 “Which one of these two did his father’s will?”
They said, “The first one.”
Jesus said to them, “I assure you that tax collectors and prostitutes are entering God’s kingdom ahead of you. 32 For John came to you on the righteous road, and you didn’t believe him. But tax collectors and prostitutes believed him. Yet even after you saw this, you didn’t change your hearts and lives and you didn’t believe him.
Parable of the tenant farmers
33 “Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it to tenant farmers and took a trip. 34 When it was time for harvest, he sent his servants to the tenant farmers to collect his fruit. 35 But the tenant farmers grabbed his servants. They beat some of them, and some of them they killed. Some of them they stoned to death.
36 “Again he sent other servants, more than the first group. They treated them in the same way. 37 Finally he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.
38 “But when the tenant farmers saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This is the heir. Come on, let’s kill him and we’ll have his inheritance.’ 39 They grabbed him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
40 “When the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenant farmers?”
41 They said, “He will totally destroy those wicked farmers and rent the vineyard to other tenant farmers who will give him the fruit when it’s ready.”
42 Jesus said to them, “Haven’t you ever read in the scriptures, The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. The Lord has done this, and it’s amazing in our eyes?[e] 43 Therefore, I tell you that God’s kingdom will be taken away from you and will be given to a people who produce its fruit. 44 Whoever falls on this stone will be crushed. And the stone will crush the person it falls on.”
45 Now when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard the parable, they knew Jesus was talking about them. 46 They were trying to arrest him, but they feared the crowds, who thought he was a prophet.
Mateo 21
Ang Biblia, 2001
Ang Matagumpay na Pagpasok sa Jerusalem(A)
21 Nang papalapit na sila sa Jerusalem at makarating sa Betfage, sa bundok ng mga Olibo, nagsugo si Jesus ng dalawang alagad,
2 na sinasabi sa kanila, “Pumunta kayo sa kasunod na nayon, at kaagad ninyong matatagpuan ang isang babaing asno na nakatali na may kasamang isang batang asno. Kalagan ninyo sila at dalhin ninyo sa akin.
3 Kung ang sinuman ay magsabi ng anuman sa inyo, ay sasabihin ninyo, ‘Kailangan sila ng Panginoon,’ at kaagad niyang ipapadala sila.”
4 Nangyari ito upang matupad ang sinabi sa pamamagitan ng propeta, na nagsasabi,
5 “Sabihin(B) ninyo sa anak na babae ng Zion,
Tingnan mo, ang iyong Hari ay dumarating sa iyo,
mapagkumbaba, at nakasakay sa isang asno,
at sa isang batang asno na anak ng babaing asno.”
6 Pumunta nga ang mga alagad at ginawa ang ayon sa ipinag-utos ni Jesus sa kanila.
7 Dinala nila ang asno at ang batang asno at inilagay nila sa ibabaw ng mga ito ang kanilang mga balabal; at inupuan niya ang mga ito.
8 Ang nakararami sa mga tao ay naglatag ng kanilang mga balabal sa daan, at ang iba'y pumutol ng mga sanga ng mga punungkahoy at inilatag ang mga ito sa daan.
9 At(C) ang mga napakaraming taong nasa unahan niya at ang mga sumusunod sa kanya ay nagsisigawan, na nagsasabi, “Hosana sa Anak ni David! Mapalad ang dumarating sa pangalan ng Panginoon! Hosana sa kataas-taasan!”
10 Nang pumasok siya sa Jerusalem, ang buong lunsod ay nagkagulo na nagsasabi, “Sino ba ito?”
11 At sinabi ng maraming tao, “Ito ang propetang si Jesus, na taga-Nazaret ng Galilea.
Nilinis ni Jesus ang Templo(D)
12 Pumasok si Jesus sa templo,[a] at itinaboy niya ang lahat ng nagtitinda at namimili sa templo, at ibinaligtad niya ang mga mesa ng mga mamamalit ng salapi, at ang mga upuan ng mga nagtitinda ng mga kalapati.
13 Sinabi(E) niya sa kanila, “Nasusulat, ‘Ang aking bahay ay tatawaging bahay-panalanginan,’ ngunit ginagawa ninyo itong yungib ng mga magnanakaw.”
14 Ang mga bulag at mga pilay ay lumapit sa kanya sa templo at sila'y kanyang pinagaling.
15 Ngunit nang makita ng mga punong pari at mga eskriba ang mga kahanga-hangang bagay na kanyang ginawa, at ang mga batang sumisigaw sa templo at nagsasabi, “Hosana sa Anak ni David,” ay nagalit sila.
16 Kaya't(F) sinabi nila sa kanya, “Naririnig mo ba ang sinasabi ng mga ito?” At sinabi sa kanila ni Jesus, “Oo. Hindi ba ninyo kailanman nabasa,
‘Mula sa bibig ng mga sanggol at ng mga sumususo
ay naghanda ka ng papuri para sa iyong sarili?”
Sinumpa ang Puno ng Igos(G)
17 Sila'y kanyang iniwan, at lumabas sa lunsod patungong Betania, at doon siya nagpalipas ng gabi.
18 Kinaumagahan, nang bumalik na siya sa lunsod ay nagutom siya.
19 Nang makakita siya ng isang puno ng igos sa tabi ng daan, ito ay kanyang nilapitan at walang natagpuang anuman doon, maliban sa mga dahon lamang. Sinabi niya rito, “Kailanma'y hindi ka na muling magkakaroon ng bunga!” At natuyo kaagad ang puno ng igos.
20 Nang makita ito ng mga alagad ay nagtaka sila, na nagsasabi, “Paanong natuyo kaagad ang puno ng igos?”
21 Sumagot(H) si Jesus at sinabi sa kanila, “Katotohanang sinasabi ko sa inyo, kung kayo'y may pananampalataya at hindi nag-aalinlangan, hindi lamang ninyo magagawa ang nagawa sa puno ng igos, kundi kahit sabihin ninyo sa bundok na ito, ‘Maalis ka at mapatapon sa dagat,’ ito ay mangyayari.
22 At anumang bagay na inyong hingin sa panalangin na may pananampalataya ay inyong tatanggapin.”
Pagtuligsa sa Awtoridad ni Jesus(I)
23 Pagpasok niya sa templo, lumapit sa kanya ang mga punong pari at ang matatanda ng bayan habang siya'y nagtuturo, at sinabi nila, “Sa anong awtoridad mo ginagawa ang mga bagay na ito, at sino ang nagbigay sa iyo ng awtoridad na ito?”
24 Sumagot si Jesus at sinabi sa kanila, “Tatanungin ko rin kayo ng isang tanong, at kung sasabihin ninyo sa akin ang sagot ay sasabihin ko naman sa inyo kung sa anong awtoridad ginagawa ko ang mga bagay na ito.
25 Ang bautismo ni Juan, saan ba ito nagmula? Mula ba sa langit o mula sa mga tao?” At nagtalo sila sa isa't isa na nagsasabi, “Kung sasabihin natin, ‘Mula sa langit,’ sasabihin niya sa atin, ‘Bakit nga hindi ninyo siya pinaniwalaan?’
26 Ngunit kung sasabihin natin, ‘Mula sa mga tao,’ natatakot tayo sa napakaraming tao, sapagkat kinikilala ng lahat na propeta si Juan.”
27 Kaya't sumagot sila kay Jesus, at sinabi, “Hindi namin alam.” Sinabi naman niya sa kanila, “Hindi ko rin naman sasabihin sa inyo kung sa anong awtoridad ginagawa ko ang mga bagay na ito.
Ang Talinghaga tungkol sa Dalawang Anak
28 “Ano sa palagay ninyo? May isang taong dalawa ang anak. Lumapit siya sa una, at sinabi, ‘Anak, pumunta ka ngayon sa ubasan at magtrabaho.’
29 Ngunit sumagot siya at sinabi, ‘Ayaw ko’; ngunit pagkatapos ay nagbago ang kanyang isip at pumunta rin.
30 Lumapit ang ama[b] sa ikalawa, at gayundin ang sinabi. Sumagot siya at sinabi, ‘Pupunta po ako,’ ngunit hindi pumunta.
31 Alin sa dalawa ang gumanap ng kalooban ng kanyang ama?” Sinabi nila, “Ang una.” Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanila, “Katotohanang sinasabi ko sa inyo, ang mga maniningil ng buwis at ang mga masamang babae ay nauuna sa inyo sa pagpasok sa kaharian ng Diyos.
32 Sapagkat(J) dumating sa inyo si Juan sa daan ng katuwiran, at hindi ninyo siya pinaniwalaan; ngunit pinaniwalaan siya ng mga maniningil ng buwis at ng masasamang babae, at kahit nakita ninyo ay hindi rin kayo nagsisi at naniwala sa kanya.
Ang Talinghaga ng Ubasan at mga Katiwala(K)
33 “Pakinggan(L) ninyo ang isa pang talinghaga: May isang tao na pinuno ng sambahayan, na nagtanim ng isang ubasan, at binakuran niya ang palibot nito. Humukay siya roon ng isang pisaan ng ubas at nagtayo ng isang toreng bantayan. Ipinagkatiwala niya iyon sa mga magsasaka at nagtungo siya sa ibang lupain.
34 Nang malapit na ang panahon ng pamumunga, sinugo niya ang kanyang mga alipin sa mga magsasaka upang kunin ang mga bunga nito.
35 Ngunit kinuha ng mga magsasaka ang kanyang mga alipin at binugbog nila ang isa, pinatay ang iba, at pinagbabato ang isa pa.
36 Muli siyang nagsugo ng ibang mga alipin na mas marami pa sa nauna; at gayundin ang ginawa nila sa kanila.
37 Sa kahuli-huliha'y sinugo niya sa kanila ang kanyang anak na lalaki, na nagsasabi, ‘Igagalang nila ang aking anak.’
38 Ngunit nang makita ng mga magsasaka ang anak, sinabi nila sa kanilang sarili, ‘Ito ang tagapagmana; halikayo, patayin natin siya at kunin natin ang kanyang mana.’
39 Kaya't kanilang kinuha siya, itinapon sa labas ng ubasan, at pinatay.
40 Kaya't pagdating ng panginoon ng ubasan, ano kaya ang gagawin niya sa mga magsasakang iyon?”
41 Sinabi nila sa kanya, “Dadalhin niya ang mga masasamang taong iyon sa kakilakilabot na kamatayan at ang ubasan ay ipagkakatiwala niya sa ibang mga magsasaka na magbibigay sa kanya ng mga bunga sa kanilang kapanahunan.”
42 Sinabi(M) ni Jesus sa kanila, “Hindi ba ninyo kailanman nabasa sa mga kasulatan,
‘Ang batong itinakuwil ng mga tagapagtayo
ang siyang naging ulo ng panulukan;
ito ay mula sa Panginoon,
at ito'y kamanghamangha sa ating mga mata?’
43 Kaya sinasabi ko sa inyo, ‘Kukunin sa inyo ang kaharian ng Diyos at ibibigay sa isang bansang nagbibigay ng bunga nito.’
[ 44 Ang mahulog sa ibabaw ng batong ito ay madudurog, subalit dudurugin nito ang sinumang mabagsakan niya.]”[c]
45 Nang marinig ng mga punong pari at ng mga Fariseo ang kanyang mga talinghaga, nahalata nilang siya'y nagsasalita tungkol sa kanila.
46 Ngunit nang naisin nilang dakpin si Jesus,[d] ay natakot sila sa napakaraming tao, sapagkat itinuring nila na siya'y isang propeta.
Footnotes
- Mateo 21:12 Sa ibang mga kasulatan ay may salitang ng Diyos .
- Mateo 21:30 Sa Griyego ay siya .
- Mateo 21:44 Sa ibang mga kasulatan ay walang talatang 44.
- Mateo 21:46 Sa Griyego ay siya .
Matthew 21
King James Version
21 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,
2 Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.
3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.
4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,
5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,
7 And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.
8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?
11 And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.
15 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore displeased,
16 And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
17 And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
18 Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.
19 And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.
20 And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!
21 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.
22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
23 And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?
24 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
25 The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?
26 But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
27 And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
28 But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.
30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
33 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.
35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.
37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.
40 When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?
41 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
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