“What will the owner of the vineyard do then? He’ll come and kill those renters and give the vineyard to others.
And in Isaiah, God says boldly, “I was found by those who weren’t trying to find me. I made myself known to those who weren’t asking for me.”
And now for those enemies of mine who didn’t want me to be their king—bring them here and kill them in front of me!’ ”
“So I tell you that the kingdom of God is going to be taken away from you and given to people who will produce its fruit.
This made the king so angry that he sent his army to destroy those murderers and burn down their city.
Then the evil spirit goes and gets seven other spirits that are even worse than it is, and they all go live there. Then the person is worse off than they were before. That’s how it will be with this rebellious generation.”
When harvest time came, he sent his slaves to the renters to collect his share of the fruit.
So they took him and killed him and tossed his body out of the vineyard.
Haven’t you read what this part of Scripture says? “ ‘The stone that the builders didn’t accept has become the most important stone of all.