Pastor Richard Clingerman
Luke 20:9-18
9 But He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and leased it to [a]vine-growers, and went on a journey for a long time.
10 At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, so that they would give him his share of the produce of the vineyard; but the vine-growers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
11 And he proceeded to send another slave; but they beat him also and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed.
12 And he proceeded to send a third; but this one too they wounded and threw out.
13 Now the [b]owner of the vineyard said, ‘What am I to do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.’
14 But when the vine-growers saw him, they discussed with one another, saying, ‘This is the heir; let’s kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.’
15 And so they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What, then, will the [c]owner of the vineyard do to them?
16 He will come and put these vine-growers to death, and will give the vineyard to others.” However, when they heard this, they said, “May it never happen!”
17 But [d]Jesus looked at them and said, “Then what is this statement that has been written: ‘A stone which the builders rejected, This has become the [e]chief cornerstone’?
18 Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will crush him.”
