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譯本參照AFV  A  Faithful Version 的希臘文 2009版本

33. Hear another parable: There was a certain man, a master of a house, who planted a vineyard, and put a fence around it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and then leased it to husbandmen and left the country.

34. Now when the season of the fruits was drawing near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen to receive his fruits.

35. But the husbandmen took his servants and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.

36. Again he sent other servants, more than the first time; and they did the same thing to them.

37. Then at last he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will have respect for my son.’

38. But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us murder him and gain possession of his inheritance.’

39. Then they took him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and murdered him.

40. Therefore, when the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do to those husbandmen?”

41. They said to Him, “Evil men! He will utterly destroy them, and he will lease his vineyard to other husbandmen, who will render to him the fruits in their seasons.”

42. Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The Stone that the builders rejected, this has become the head of the corner. This was from the Lord, and it is wonderful in our eyes’?

43. Because of this, I say to you, the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and it shall be given to a nation that produces the fruits of it.

44. And the one who falls on this Stone shall be broken; but on whomever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.”

45. Now after hearing His parables, the chief priests and the Pharisees knew that He was speaking about them.

46. And they sought to arrest Him, but they were afraid of the multitudes, because they held Him as a prophet.

 (A Faithful Version)

33. 再聽一個比喻：有一家主擁有個葡萄園，用籬笆圍住。造了榨酒池，蓋了一座樓，然後出租給戶農，自己就遠行。

34. 到收成的時候，家主打發傭人到農戶那裡去收取租金 (果子)。

35. 農戶卻想捉住這些僕人，結果一個被打傷，一個被殺，一個用石頭擲傷。

36. 家主有了前科的教訓，就打發更多的僕人去，農戶還是照舊這樣對待。

37. 最後，家主差兒子去，心想：必會尊重他是我兒子的身份。

38. 農戶見是他兒子，這幫人就商議：他既是繼承人，好，就把他殺了，就能獲取他的繼承權。

39. 於是捉住他，推到葡萄園外，殺了。

40. 耶穌問這些人，身為葡萄園主，會因為兒子的事件，會怎麼對付這個租戶？

41. 耶路撒冷的祭司和長老說：對這些惡人，要徹底除掉，將葡萄園轉租給別的農戶，按時繳納租金(果實)。

42. 耶穌回應：有否在經書看過：匠人所棄的石頭，已成了房角的頭塊石頭。這是出於耶和華的，在我們眼中卻是十分奇妙。

43. 我告訴你們，彌賽亞的國度不包括你們，倒會給予那些能結果子的。

44.  若人墮落在石上的，會粉身碎骨。只是不論什麼擲來，這些人都會被碾得粉碎。

45. 聽了這些比喻，祭司長和法利賽人就明白是對他們說的。

46. 這幫人就生起捉拿耶穌的心，只是顧忌群眾，他們認為耶穌是先知。

這段描述似乎是指出現實中二種現象，1. 被差來的兒子被殺；2. 被殺的原因是被執迷不悟的人所所害。

這個比喻是以葡萄園主，指的是世界的創造者，創造出一個美好的世界，讓人住在其中。這世界不是人造出來，是耶和華讓人居住其中，就像租的，人無權也無法永遠擁有，因此有被形容為寄居。這園主來收租，是人自己能結成的果子，如仁愛喜樂。只是，這租農就是霸住在這葡萄園，沒有果子，只有不義。殺了因信稱義而來的使者，也不留情面殺了差來的兒子，耶穌基督。

耶穌以此比喻自己將會面臨的處境，是這些文士和法利賽人，長老是無知，這些人都不認許進入彌賽亞的國度之內。這類別人士的結果，像人從高處墮落，趺在石上，體無原膚，粉身碎骨。就算不是從高處墮下，在任何正面的攻擊到來，都是邢不勝正，死路一條。緣因是這些人心存不義，是無法進入彌賽亞這個救贖的國度。

這些祭司、文士以及法利賽人，都是相信自己，對於信仰的詮釋是絕對。這種絕對相信是因為個人的執著，而不是心靈的開放。當中的差異是因為私心做成。昔日的該隱，就有這樣的心態，用自己的方式去取悅耶和華。誡命他們是知道：愛耶和華愛人。