9 And he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and let it out to tenants and went into another country for a long while.10 When the time came, he sent a servant to the tenants, so that they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed.11 And he sent another servant. But they also beat and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed.12 And he sent yet a third. This one also they wounded and cast out.13 Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.’14 But when the tenants saw him, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.’15 And they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?16 He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” When they heard this, they said, “Surely not!”17 But he looked directly at them and said, “What then is this that is written: “‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?18 Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him.”19 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.
Mark 12
1 And he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and leased it to tenants and went into another country.2 When the season came, he sent a servant to the tenants to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.3 And they took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed.4 Again he sent to them another servant, and they struck him on the head and treated him shamefully.5 And he sent another, and him they killed. And so with many others: some they beat, and some they killed.6 He had still one other, a beloved son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’7 But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’8 And they took him and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard.9 What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants and give the vineyard to others.10 Have you not read this Scripture: “‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;11 this was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”12 And they were seeking to arrest him but feared the people, for they perceived that he had told the parable against them. So they left him and went away.
Matthew
33 — Escutem outra parábola. Havia um homem, dono de terras, que plantou uma vinha.
Pôs uma cerca em volta dela, construiu nela um lagar, edificou uma torre e arrendou a vinha a uns lavradores. Depois, ausentou-se do país.34 Quando chegou o tempo da colheita, o dono da vinha mandou os seus servos aos lavradores, para receber os frutos que cabiam a ele.35 Mas os lavradores, agarrando os servos, espancaram um, mataram outro e apedrejaram ainda outro.36 O dono enviou ainda outros servos em maior número; e os lavradores fizeram a mesma coisa com eles.37 Por último, o dono da vinha enviou-lhes o seu próprio filho, pensando: “O meu filho eles respeitarão.”38 Mas os lavradores, vendo o filho, disseram uns aos outros: “Este é o herdeiro; venham, vamos matá-lo e ficar com a herança dele para nós.”39 E, agarrando-o, lançaram-no fora da vinha e o mataram.40 Quando, pois, vier o dono da vinha, que fará àqueles lavradores?41 Eles responderam: — Fará perecer horrivelmente aqueles malvados e arrendará a vinha a outros lavradores que lhe entregarão os frutos no tempo certo.42 Então Jesus perguntou: — Vocês nunca leram nas Escrituras: “A pedra que os construtores rejeitaram, essa veio a ser a pedra angular. Isto procede do Senhor e é maravilhoso aos nossos olhos”?43 — Portanto, eu lhes digo que o Reino de Deus será tirado de vocês e entregue a um povo que lhe produza os respectivos frutos.44 Todo o que cair sobre esta pedra ficará em pedaços; e aquele sobre quem ela cair ficará reduzido a pó.45 Os principais sacerdotes e os fariseus, ouvindo estas parábolas, entenderam que Jesus falava a respeito deles;46 e, embora quisessem prendê-lo, tinham medo das multidões, porque estas o consideravam como profeta.
