And he began to speak unto them by illustrations parables stories . A certain man planted a vineyard orchard garden , and set an wall hedge fence about it, and digged a place for the winepress winefat vat , and built a structure tower watchtower , and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far place land country . And at the season harvest time he sent to the husbandmen a worker messenger servant , that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard. And they caught him, and beat hurt struck him, and sent him away empty. And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast projectiles rocks stones , and wounded him in the head face skull , and sent him away shamefully handled. And again he sent another; and him they slain killed murdered , and many others; beating some, and killing some.
Having yet therefore one child son heir , his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will honor respect reverence my son. But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the successor heir inheritor ; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours. And they took him, and killed executed slain him, and cast him out of the vineyard. What shall therefore the lord owner master of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. And have ye not read this writing verse scripture ; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the cornerstone corner foundation : This was the Lord's doing, and it is wonderful marvellous amazing in our eyes? And they sought to lay hold on him, but avoided feared dreaded the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.