1 Then Jesus began teaching them with stories: “A man planted a vineyard. He built a wall around it, dug a pit for pressing out the grape juice, and built a lookout tower. Then he leased the vineyard to tenant farmers and moved to another country.
2 At the time of the grape harvest, he sent one of his servants to collect his share of the crop.
3 But the farmers grabbed the servant, beat him up, and sent him back empty-handed.
4 The owner then sent another servant, but they insulted him and beat him over the head.
5 The next servant he sent was killed. Others he sent were either beaten or killed,