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

When the harvest time was near, he sent his slaves<n id="1" /> to the tenants to collect his portion of the crop.<n id="2" />

But the tenants seized his slaves, beat one,<n id="1" /> killed another, and stoned another.

They said to him, &#8220;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.&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;Listen to another parable: There was a landowner<n id="1" /> who planted a vineyard.<n id="2" /> He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then<n id="3" /> he leased it to tenant farmers<n id="4" /> and went on a journey.

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, &#8216;This is the heir. Come, let&#8217;s kill him and get his inheritance!&#8217;