35 But the farmers grabbed the servants, beat one, killed another, and then killed a third servant with stones.
36 So the man sent some other servants to the farmers. He sent more servants than he sent the first time. But the farmers did the same thing to the servants that they had done before.
37 So the man decided to send his son to the farmers. He said, ‘The farmers will respect my son.’
38 But when the farmers saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This is the owner’s son. This vineyard will be his. If we kill him, then his vineyard will be ours!’
39 So the farmers grabbed the son, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
40 So what will the owner of the vineyard do to these farmers when he comes?”
41 The priests and leaders said, “He will surely kill those evil men. Then he will lease the vineyard to some other farmers. They will give him his share of the crop at harvest time.”