Luke 20: Jesus is about to be killed

Jesus is in the temple of Jerusalem. His authority is questioned: how come he expels business men from the temple? He tell the parable of the Tenants.

13 “Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my son, whom I love; perhaps they will respect him.’

14 “But when the tenants saw him, they talked the matter over. ‘This is the heir,’ they said. ‘Let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ 15 So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

Jesus compares the Jewish leaders to the bad tenants. They were supposed to take care of Israel, not to use Israel in their own benefit.

17 Jesus looked directly at them and asked, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written:
“‘The stone the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone’[a]?

18 Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.”

19 The teachers of the law and the chief priests looked for a way to arrest him immediately, because they knew he had spoken this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.


The Jewish leaders rejected the stone, the cornerstone, Jesus which would cause severe consequences to them.
Thus, Jesus was very aware that he was about to be killed.