Mat 21:33-46 | ESV | STEP | Hear another parable . There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants , and went into another country .

33 ^a“Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted ^ba vineyard ^cand put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and ^dleased it to tenants, and ^ewent into another country. 34 When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants ^{▼▼Greek bondservants; also verses 35, 36} to the tenants ^gto get his fruit. 35 ^hAnd the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and ⁱstoned another. 36 ^jAgain he sent other servants, more than the first. And they did the same to them. 37 Finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ^k‘This is the heir. Come, ^llet us kill him and have his inheritance.’ 39 And they took him and ^mthrew him out of the vineyard and killed him. 40 ⁿWhen therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?” 41 They said to him, ^o“He will put those wretches to a miserable death and ^plet out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons.”

42 Jesus said to them, ^q“Have you never read in the Scriptures:

^r“‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone; ^{▼▼Greek the head of the corner}
this was the Lord’s doing,
and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

43 Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God ^twill be taken away from you and given to a people ^uproducing its fruits. 44 And ^vthe one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and ^wwhen it falls on anyone, it will crush him.” ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit verse 44}

45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he was speaking about them. 46 And ^yalthough they were seeking to arrest him, ^zthey feared the crowds, because they held him to be ^aaa prophet.