3 The tenants grabbed the servant. They beat him up and sent him away without a thing.
4 The owner sent another servant, but the tenants beat him on the head and insulted him terribly.
5 Then the man sent another servant, and they killed him. He kept sending servant after servant. They beat some of them and killed others.
6 The owner had a son he loved very much. Finally, he sent his son to the tenants because he thought they would respect him.
7 But they said to themselves, “Some day he will own this vineyard. Let's kill him! That way we can have it all for ourselves.”
8 So they grabbed the owner's son and killed him. Then they threw his body out of the vineyard.
9 Jesus asked, “What do you think the owner of the vineyard will do? He will come and kill those tenants and let someone else have his vineyard.