And he began to speak unto them by parables illustrations stories . A certain man planted a garden orchard vineyard , and set an hedge wall fence about it, and digged a place for the vat winefat winepress , and built a watchtower tower structure , and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far place country land . And at the season harvest time he sent to the husbandmen a messenger servant worker , that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard. And they caught him, and hurt struck beat 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 skull face head , and sent him away shamefully handled. And again he sent another; and him they killed murdered slain , and many others; beating some, and killing some.
Having yet therefore one son child heir , 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 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 scripture verse ; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner cornerstone foundation : This was the Lord's doing, and it is amazing marvellous wonderful 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.