40When therefore the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do unto those husbandmen?
41They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will let out the vineyard unto other husbandmen, who shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
42Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner; This was from the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes?
43Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken away from you, and shall be given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
44And he that falleth on this stone shall be broken to pieces: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.
45And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
46And when they sought to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, because they took him for a prophet.