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What does Mark 12:9 mean?

"What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others."

— Mark 12:9 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

6

Therefore still having one, his beloved son, he sent him last to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

7

But those farmers said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

8

They took him, killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

9

What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.

10

Haven’t you even read this Scripture: ‘The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner.

11

This was from the Lord, it is marvelous in our eyes’?”

12

They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and went away.

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