What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants and give the vineyard to others. Have you not read this scripture: “The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord’s doing, and it is amazing in our eyes”?’ When they realized that he had told this parable against them, they wanted to arrest him, but they feared the crowd. So they left him and went away. (Mark 12: 9-12)

In the Greek of Mark's gospel Jesus says the owner will come and apollumi the vine-keepers. Destroy is a possible translation. So is to replace or put out of the way.

In any case, Jesus has certainly answered the original question, "By what authority are you doing these things?"

The priests, scribes, and elders - the religious establishment - are told they are complicating, when they are meant to facilitate, the relationship of the owner with the grapes.

Jesus comes with authority from his father, the creator of the vineyard, to receive the fruit of the earth. The Greek for collect or receive can also mean to be in relationship.

The vineyard is the earth. The grapes are the people of the earth. The son has been sent by the father so that both may be in relationship with the fruit of the earth.