He will come and destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.”
When they heard that, they said, “May that never be!”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Luke 20:16 in context
Luke 20:13–19
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The lord of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. It may be that seeing him, they will respect him.’
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“But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.’
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Then they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them?
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He will come and destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.”
When they heard that, they said, “May that never be!”
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But he looked at them and said, “Then what is this that is written,
‘The stone which the builders rejected
was made the chief cornerstone’?
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Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces,
but it will crush whomever it falls on to dust.”
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The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people—for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.
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