2. “Later, it was time for the grapes to be picked. So the man sent a servant to the farmers to get his share of the grapes.
3. But the farmers grabbed the servant and beat him. They sent him away with nothing.
4. Then the man sent another servant to the farmers. They hit this servant on the head, showing no respect for him.
5. So the man sent another servant. The farmers killed this servant. The man sent many other servants to the farmers. The farmers beat some of them and killed the others.
6. “The man had only one person left to send to the farmers. It was his son. He loved his son, but he decided to send him. He said, ‘The farmers will respect my son.’
7. “But the farmers said to each other, ‘This is the owner’s son, and this vineyard will be his. If we kill him, it will be ours.’
8. So they took the son, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
9. “So what will the man who owns the vineyard do? He will go and kill those farmers. Then he will lease the land to others.
10. Surely you have read this in the Scriptures: ‘The stone that the builders refused to accept became the cornerstone.
11. The Lord did this, and it is wonderful to us.’” Psalm 118:22-23