Today's Gospel of Jesus Christ

The Parable of the Tenants 12 Jesus then began to speak to them in parables: ?A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place. 2 At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. 3 But they seized him, beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 4 Then he sent another servant to them; they struck this man on the head and treated him shamefully. 5 He sent still another, and that one they killed. He sent many others; some of them they beat, others they killed. 6 ?He had one left to send, a son, whom he loved. He sent him last of all, saying, ?They will respect my son.? 7 ?But the tenants said to one another, ?This is the heir. Come, let?s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.? 8 So they took him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard. 9 ?What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others. 10 Haven?t you read this passage of Scripture: ??The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; 11 the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes?[a]?? 12 Then the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders looked for a way to arrest him because they knew he had spoken the parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd; so they left him and went away. Mark Chapter 12:1-12, New International Version Bible.