⁴³ “Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you^(A) and given to a people who will produce its fruit.

⁴¹ “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,”^(A) they replied, “and he will rent the vineyard to other tenants,^(B) who will give him his share of the crop at harvest time.”

¹¹ I say to you that many will come from the east and the west,^(A) and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.^{(B) 12} But the subjects of the kingdom^(C) will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”^(D)

⁹ But you are a chosen people,^(A) a royal priesthood,^(B) a holy nation,^(C) God’s special possession,^(D) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.^(E)

³ Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.^[a]”^(A)