15 So they cast him out of the vineyard and akilled him. Therefore what will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
16 He will come and destroy those vinedressers and give the vineyard to aothers.” And when they heard it they said, “Certainly not!”
17 Then He looked at them and said, “What then is this that is written:
a‘The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone’?
a‘The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone’?
18 Whoever falls on that stone will be abroken; but bon whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.”
19 And the chief priests and the scribes that very hour sought to lay hands on Him, but they1 feared the people —for they knew He had spoken this parable against them.
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20 aSo they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, that they might seize on His words, in order to deliver Him to the power and the authority of the governor.
21 Then they asked Him, saying, a“Teacher, we know that You say and teach rightly, and You do not show personal favoritism, but teach the way of God in truth:
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Commentaries:
John Wesley's Notes
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Luke 20:17
He looked on them - To sharpen their attention. Psalms 118:22.
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