1. And he began to speak to them in parables: "A man dug a vineyard, and surrounded it with a hedge, and dug a pit, and built a tower, and he loaned it out to farmers, and he set out on a long journey.
2. And in time, he sent a servant to the farmers, in order to receive some of the fruit of the vineyard from the farmers.
3. But they, having apprehended him, beat him and sent him away empty.
4. And again, he sent another servant to them. And they wounded him on the head, and they treated him with contempt.