Common English Bible

Mark 12:4-10 Common English Bible (CEB)

4. Again the landowner sent another servant to them, but they struck him on the head and treated him disgracefully.

5. He sent another one; that one they killed. The landlord sent many other servants, but the tenants beat some and killed others.

6. Now the landowner had one son whom he loved dearly. He sent him last, thinking, They will respect my son.

7. But those tenant farmers said to each other, ‘This is the heir. Let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

8. They grabbed him, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.

9. "So what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.

10. Haven’t you read this scripture, The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.