There was a certain owner of a house who planted a vineyard, surrounded it with a fence, dug a winepress in it, built a tower and, having given it to the vinedressers, went away. When the time for fruit approached, he sent his servants to the vinedressers to take their fruit; the winegrowers seized his servants, beat some, killed others, and stoned others. Again he sent other servants, more than before, and they did the same to them. Finally, he sent his son to them, saying: “They will be ashamed of my son.” But the vinedressers, seeing their son, said to each other:
- This is the heir. Let's go, kill him and take possession of his inheritance.
And they seized him, took him out of the vineyard and killed him.
So, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do with these vinedressers?
They say to Him:
“He will put these evildoers to an evil death, and he will give the vineyard to other winegrowers, who will give him the fruit in their own time.”
Jesus tells them:
“Have you never read in Scripture: “The stone that the builders rejected has become the head of the corner”? Is this from the Lord, and is it marvelous in our eyes? Therefore I tell you that the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people bearing the fruits of it. And whoever falls on this stone will be broken, and whoever it falls on will be crushed.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru