1
And he began to say to them in parables, A man planted a vineyard, and made a fence round [it] and dug a wine-vat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country.
2
And he sent a bondman to the husbandmen at the season, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
3
But they took him, and beat [him], and sent [him] away empty.
4
And again he sent to them another bondman; and [at] him they [threw stones, and] struck [him] on the head, and sent [him] away with insult.
5
And [again] he sent another, and him they killed; and many others, beating some and killing some.
6
Having yet therefore one beloved son, he sent also him to them the last, saying, They will have respect for my son.