8. Then Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by whose authority I do these things.”
9. Then he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time.
10. When harvest time came, he sent a slave to the tenants so that they would give him his portion of the crop. However, the tenants beat his slave and sent him away empty-handed.
11. So he sent another slave. They beat this one too, treated him outrageously, and sent him away empty-handed.
12. So he sent still a third. They even wounded this one, and threw him out.
13. Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What should I do? I will send my one dear son; perhaps they will respect him.’
14. But when the tenants saw him, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir; let’s kill him so the inheritance will be ours!’