1 And He began to speak to them in parables, “A man planted a vineyard and put a hedge around it, and dug a vat for the winepress and built a watchtower, and let it out to farmers and went away.
2 “And at harvest time he sent a servant to the farmers, to receive some of the fruit of the vineyard from the farmers.
3 “And they seized him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
4 “And again he sent them another servant, and throwing stones at him, they wounded him in the head, and sent him away, having insulted him.
5 “And again he sent another, and they killed him; and many others, beating some and killing some.
6 “He had one more son, his beloved. He sent him last of all, saying, ‘They shall respect my son.’
7 “But those farmers said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.’