11. And he proceeded to send another slave, but they beat and dishonored that one also, and sent him away empty-handed.
12. And he proceeded to send a third, but they wounded and threw out this one also.
13. So the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What should I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.’
14. But when the tenant farmers saw him, they began to reason with one another, saying, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him so that the inheritance will become ours!’
15. And they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
16. He will come and destroy those tenant farmers and give the vineyard to others.” And when they heard this, they said, “May this never happen!”
17. But he looked intently at them and said, “What then is this that is written: ‘The stone which the builders rejected, this has become the cornerstone.’