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## Matthew 21:43-45 in Context (Verses 40–46 KJV)
 
 [40 ](/kjv/matthew/21/40) When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?
 
 [41 ](/kjv/matthew/21/41) They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out *his* vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
 
 [42 ](/kjv/matthew/21/42) Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
 
 [43 ](/kjv/matthew/21/43) Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
 
 [44 ](/kjv/matthew/21/44) And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
 
 [45 ](/kjv/matthew/21/45) And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
 
 [46 ](/kjv/matthew/21/46) But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
 
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