Matthew 21:40-42

Living Bible

⁴⁰ “When the owner returns, what do you think he will do to those farmers?”

⁴¹ The Jewish leaders replied, “He will put the wicked men to a horrible death and lease the vineyard to others who will pay him promptly.”

⁴² Then Jesus asked them, “Didn’t you ever read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone rejected by the builders has been made the honored cornerstone;^[a] how remarkable! what an amazing thing the Lord has done’?