Gospel: Matthew 21:33–43
L: 33 “Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard.
He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he
rented the vineyard to some farmers and went away on a journey. 34 When the
harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit.
35 “The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a
third. 36 Then he sent other servants to them, more than the first time, and the
tenants treated them the same way. 37 Last of all, the landowner sent his son to
them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.
38 “But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This is the heir.
Come, let’s kill him and take his inheritance.’ 39 So they took him and threw him
out of the vineyard and killed him.
40 “Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those
tenants?”
C: 41 “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,”
L: And he will rent the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him his share of the
crop at harvest time.”
43 “Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and
given to a people who will produce its fruit. This is the Gospel of our Lord.