And he began to speak unto them by . A certain man planted a , and set an about it, and digged a place for the , and built a , and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far . And at the he sent to the husbandmen a , that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard. And they caught him, and him, and sent him away empty. And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast , and wounded him in the , and sent him away shamefully handled. And again he sent another; and him they , and many others; beating some, and killing some.
Having yet therefore one , his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will my son. But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the ; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours. And they took him, and him, and cast him out of the vineyard. What shall therefore the of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. And have ye not read this ; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the : This was the Lord's doing, and it is in our eyes? And they sought to lay hold on him, but the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.
