1. And He began to speak to them in parables, “A man planted a vineyard and put a hedge around it, and dug a vat for the winepress and built a watchtower, and let it out to farmers and went away.
2. “And at harvest time he sent a servant to the farmers, to receive some of the fruit of the vineyard from the farmers.
3. “And they seized him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
4. “And again he sent them another servant, and throwing stones at him, they wounded him in the head, and sent him away, having insulted him.