Luke 20:9-19

English Standard Version

The Parable of the Wicked Tenants

⁹^(A)And he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted ^(B)a vineyard and ^(C)let it out to tenants and ^(D)went into another country for a long while. ¹⁰When the time came, he sent a servant^[a] to the tenants, so that ^(E)they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. ^(F)But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed. ¹¹^(G)And ^(H)he sent another servant. But they also beat and ^(I)treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. ¹²^(J)And he sent yet a third. This one also they wounded and cast out. ¹³Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my ^(K)beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.’ ¹⁴But when the tenants saw him, they said to themselves, ^(L)‘This is the heir. ^(M)Let us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.’ ¹⁵And they ^(N)threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them? ¹⁶^(O)He will ^(P)come and destroy those tenants and ^(Q)give the vineyard to others.” When they heard this, they said, “Surely not!” ¹⁷But he ^(R)looked directly at them and said, “What then is this that is written:

^(S)“‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone’?^[b]

¹⁸^(T)Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and when it falls ^(U)on anyone, it will crush him.”

Paying Taxes to Caesar

¹⁹^(V)The scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people.

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Footnotes

Luke 20:10 Or bondservant; also verse 11
Luke 20:17 Greek the head of the corner

Proverbs 17:1-14

English Standard Version

17 ^(A)Better is a dry morsel with quiet
    than a house full of feasting^[a] with strife.
²A servant who deals wisely will rule over ^(B)a son who acts shamefully
    and ^(C)will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.
³^(D)The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
    ^(E)and the Lord tests hearts.
⁴An evildoer listens to wicked lips,
    and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.
⁵Whoever mocks the poor ^(F)insults his Maker;
    he who is ^(G)glad at calamity will not go ^(H)unpunished.
⁶^(I)Grandchildren are ^(J)the crown of the aged,
    and the glory of children is their fathers.
⁷Fine speech is not ^(K)becoming to a fool;
    still less is ^(L)false speech to a prince.
⁸^(M)A bribe is like a magic^[b] stone in the eyes of the one who gives it;
    wherever he turns he prospers.
⁹Whoever ^(N)covers an offense seeks love,
    but he who repeats a matter ^(O)separates close friends.
¹⁰A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding
    than a hundred blows into a fool.
¹¹An evil man seeks only rebellion,
    and ^(P)a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
¹²Let a man meet ^(Q)a she-bear robbed of her cubs
    ^(R)rather than a fool in his folly.
¹³If anyone ^(S)returns evil for good,
    ^(T)evil will not depart from his house.
¹⁴The beginning of strife is like letting out water,
    so ^(U)quit before the quarrel breaks out.