33Hear another parable. A man who was a householder planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to farmers and went abroad.34When the time of the fruits drew near, he sent his slaves to the farmers to receive his fruits.35And the farmers took his slaves; one they beat, another they killed, and another they stoned.36Again he sent other slaves, more than the first, and they treated them likewise.37Later he sent his son to them, saying, "They will respect my son."38But the farmers, seeing the son, said among themselves, "This is the heir; come, let us kill him and have his inheritance."39And taking him they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.40Therefore when the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?41They said to him, "He will destroy those evil men badly and lease the vineyard to other farmers who will give him the fruits in their seasons."42Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the Scriptures: 'A stone that the builders rejected, this has become the head of the corner; this came from the Lord and is marvellous in our eyes'?"43Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation producing its fruits.44And the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will crush him.45And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he was speaking about them.46And seeking to seize him they feared the crowds, since they held him as a prophet.