1 Yeshua began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, and built a tower. He leased it to some tenant farmers and went on a journey.
2 And at the season, he sent a servant to collect from the tenants part of the vineyard’s fruit.
3 But grabbing him, they beat him up and sent him away empty-handed.
4 And again the man sent another servant to them, and they wounded his head and treated him shamefully.