And he began to speak unto them by parables illustrations stories . A certain man planted a vineyard garden orchard , and set an hedge wall fence about it, and digged a place for the winepress vat winefat , and built a watchtower tower structure , and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country land place . And at the time harvest season he sent to the husbandmen a messenger worker servant , that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard. And they caught him, and beat struck hurt him, and sent him away empty. And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast projectiles stones rocks , and wounded him in the skull head face , and sent him away shamefully handled. And again he sent another; and him they murdered killed slain , and many others; beating some, and killing some.
Having yet therefore one child heir son , his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will honor reverence respect my son. But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir inheritor successor ; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours. And they took him, and executed slain killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. What shall therefore the owner lord 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 scripture verse writing ; 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 amazing marvellous in our eyes? And they sought to lay hold on him, but dreaded feared avoided the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.