Parable of the Vine-Growers

^9 (A)And He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and rented it out to ^[a]vine-growers, and went on a journey for a long time. ¹⁰ And at the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, so that they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the vine-growers sent him away empty-handed having beaten him. ¹¹ And he proceeded to send another slave; and when they beat him also and treated him shamefully, they sent him away empty-handed. ¹² And he proceeded to send a third; and this one also they wounded and cast out. ¹³ Now the ^[b]owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will ^(B)respect him.’ ¹⁴ But when the vine-growers saw him, they were reasoning with one another, saying, ‘This is the heir; let us kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.’ ¹⁵ So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What, then, will the ^[c]owner of the vineyard do to them? ¹⁶ He will come and ^(C)destroy these vine-growers and will give the vineyard to others.” When they heard this, they said, “^(D)May it never be!” ¹⁷ But when ^[d]Jesus looked at them, He said, “What then is this that is written:

^18 (G)Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust.”

Taxes to Caesar

¹⁹ And the scribes and the chief priests ^(H)tried to lay hands on Him that very hour, but they feared the people. For they understood that He spoke this parable against them.