9Then he began to speak this parable to the people: A man planted a vineyard and leased it to farmers and went abroad for a sufficient time.10And at the proper time he sent a slave to the farmers so that they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard, but the farmers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.11And he proceeded to send another slave; but they beat and dishonored that one also and sent him away empty-handed.12And he proceeded to send a third; but they wounded this one also and cast him out.13Then the lord of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.'14When the farmers saw him, they discussed the matter with one another, saying, 'This is the heir; let us kill him so that the inheritance may be ours.'15And they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the lord of the vineyard do to them?16He will come and destroy those farmers and give the vineyard to others. But when they heard it they said, 'May it never be!'17But he looked at them and said, 'What then is this that is written: The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone?'18Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and it will crush anyone on whom it falls.19And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him at that very hour, yet they feared the people, because they knew that he had spoken this parable against them.