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38 "'But when the tenants saw the Son, they said to each other, "This is the heir.   Come, let's kill Him and take His inheritance." 39 "'So they took Him and threw Him out of the vineyard and killed Him. 40 "'Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will He do to those tenants?' 41 "'He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,' they replied, 'and He will rent the vineyard to other tenants, who will give Him His share of the crop at harvest time.' 42 "Yahvsave said to them, 'Have you never read in the scriptures: "The stone the builders rejected has become the corner stone; Yahveh has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes"? 43 "'Therefore I tell you that the Kingdom of the Almighty Ones will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit. 44 "'He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.'" |