Matt 21:36 "Again he sent another group of slaves larger than the first; and they did the same thing to them.
Matt 21:37 "But afterward he sent his son to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'
Matt 21:38 "But when the vine-growers saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.'
Matt 21:39 "They took him, and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
Matt 21:40 "Therefore when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-growers?"
Matt 21:41 They *said to Him, "He will bring those wretches to a wretched end, and will rent out the vineyard to other vine-growers who will pay him the proceeds at the proper seasons."
Matt 21:42 ¶ Jesus *said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures, 'THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED, THIS BECAME THE CHIEF CORNER stone; THIS CAME ABOUT FROM THE LORD, AND IT IS MARVELOUS IN OUR EYES'?
Matt 21:43 "Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people, producing the fruit of it.
Matt 21:44 "And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust."
Matt 21:45 ¶ When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking about them.
Matt 21:46 When they sought to seize Him, they feared the people, because they considered Him to be a prophet.
Matt 22:1 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,
Matt 22:2 "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son.
Matt 22:3 "And he sent out his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast, and they were unwilling to come.
Matt 22:4 "Again he sent out other slaves saying, 'Tell those who have been invited, "Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fattened livestock are all butchered and everything is ready; come to the wedding feast."'
Matt 22:5 "But they paid no attention and went their way, one to his own farm, another to his business,
Matt 22:6 and the rest seized his slaves and mistreated them and killed them.
Matt 22:7 "But the king was enraged, and he sent his armies and destroyed those murderers and set their city on fire.
Matt 22:8 "Then he *said to his slaves, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.
Matt 22:9 'Go therefore to the main highways, and as many as you find there, invite to the wedding feast.'