And after agreeing with the workers for the standard wage, he sent them into his vineyard.

When the harvest time was near, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his portion of the crop.

But the tenants seized his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?”

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

When it was evening the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the workers and give the pay starting with the last hired until the first.’

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and get his inheritance!’

They said to him, “He will utterly destroy those evil men! Then he will lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his portion at the harvest.”