Luke 20:9-18 Ἤρξατο (He began) δὲ (then) πρὸς (to) τὸν (the) λαὸν (people) λέγειν (to speak) τὴν (the) παραβολὴν (parable) ταύτην (this): “Ἄνθρωπος (A man) τις (certain) ἐφύτευσεν (planted) ἀμπελῶνα (a vineyard), καὶ (and) ἐξέδετο (rented) αὐτὸν (it) γεωργοῖς (to farmers), καὶ (and) ἀπεδήμησεν (went abroad) χρόνους (a time) ἱκανούς (long).

BIB⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁹ Ἤρξατο (He began) δὲ (then) πρὸς (to) τὸν (the) λαὸν (people) λέγειν (to speak) τὴν (the) παραβολὴν (parable) ταύτην (this): “Ἄνθρωπος (A man) [τις] (certain) ἐφύτευσεν (planted) ἀμπελῶνα (a vineyard), καὶ (and) ἐξέδετο (rented) αὐτὸν (it) γεωργοῖς (to farmers), καὶ (and) ἀπεδήμησεν (went abroad) χρόνους (a time) ἱκανούς (long). ¹⁰ καὶ (And) καιρῷ (in the season), ἀπέστειλεν (he sent) πρὸς (to) τοὺς (the) γεωργοὺς (farmers) δοῦλον (a servant), ἵνα (that) ἀπὸ (from) τοῦ (the) καρποῦ (fruit) τοῦ (of the) ἀμπελῶνος (vineyard) δώσουσιν (they will give) αὐτῷ (to him). οἱ (-) δὲ (But) γεωργοὶ (the farmers) ἐξαπέστειλαν (sent away) αὐτὸν (him), δείραντες (having beaten him), κενόν (empty-handed). ¹¹ Καὶ (And) προσέθετο (he proceeded) ἕτερον (another) πέμψαι (to send) δοῦλον (a servant); οἱ (-) δὲ (but) κἀκεῖνον (him) δείραντες (having beaten) καὶ (and) ἀτιμάσαντες (having dishonored), ἐξαπέστειλαν (they sent away) κενόν (empty-handed). ¹² Καὶ (And) προσέθετο (he proceeded) τρίτον (a third) πέμψαι (to send); οἱ (-) δὲ (then) καὶ (also) τοῦτον (him) τραυματίσαντες (having wounded), ἐξέβαλον (they cast out). ¹³ Εἶπεν (Said) δὲ (then) ὁ (the) κύριος (master) τοῦ (of the) ἀμπελῶνος (vineyard), ‘Τί (What) ποιήσω (shall I do)? πέμψω (I will send) τὸν (the) υἱόν (son) μου (of me), τὸν (the) ἀγαπητόν (beloved); ἴσως (perhaps) τοῦτον (him) ἐντραπήσονται (they will respect).’ ¹⁴ Ἰδόντες (Having seen) δὲ (now) αὐτὸν (him), οἱ (the) γεωργοὶ (farmers) διελογίζοντο (began reasoning) πρὸς (among) ἀλλήλους (themselves), λέγοντες (saying), ‘Οὗτός (This) ἐστιν (is) ὁ (the) κληρονόμος (heir); ἀποκτείνωμεν (let us kill) αὐτόν (him), ἵνα (so that) ἡμῶν (ours) γένηται (might become) ἡ (the) κληρονομία (inheritance).’ ¹⁵ καὶ (And) ἐκβαλόντες (having cast forth) αὐτὸν (him) ἔξω (outside) τοῦ (the) ἀμπελῶνος (vineyard), ἀπέκτειναν (they killed him). Τί (What) οὖν (therefore) ποιήσει (will do) αὐτοῖς (to them) ὁ (the) κύριος (master) τοῦ (of the) ἀμπελῶνος (vineyard)? ¹⁶ ἐλεύσεται (He will come) καὶ (and) ἀπολέσει (will destroy) τοὺς (the) γεωργοὺς (farmers) τούτους (these), καὶ (and) δώσει (will give) τὸν (the) ἀμπελῶνα (vineyard) ἄλλοις (to others).” Ἀκούσαντες (Having heard it), δὲ (then) εἶπαν (they said), “Μὴ (Never) γένοιτο (may it be)!” ¹⁷ Ὁ (-) δὲ (But) ἐμβλέψας (having looked at) αὐτοῖς (them), εἶπεν (He said), “Τί (What) οὖν (then) ἐστιν (is) τὸ (that) γεγραμμένον (has been written) τοῦτο (this): ‘Λίθον (The stone) ὃν (which) ἀπεδοκίμασαν (rejected) οἱ (those) οἰκοδομοῦντες (building), Οὗτος (this) ἐγενήθη (has become) εἰς (into) κεφαλὴν (the head) γωνίας (of the corner)’? ¹⁸ Πᾶς (Everyone) ὁ (-) πεσὼν (falling) ἐπ’ (on) ἐκεῖνον (that) τὸν (-) λίθον (stone) συνθλασθήσεται (will be broken); ἐφ’ (on) ὃν (whomever) δ’ (but) ἂν (-) πέσῃ (it might fall), λικμήσει (it will grind into powder) αὐτόν (him).”