And he began to speak unto them by parables illustrations stories . A certain man planted a orchard garden vineyard , and set an wall hedge fence about it, and digged a place for the winepress winefat vat , and built a watchtower structure tower , and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country place land . And at the harvest time 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 hurt struck beat him, and sent him away empty. And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast rocks projectiles stones , and wounded him in the face head skull , and sent him away shamefully handled. And again he sent another; and him they murdered slain killed , and many others; beating some, and killing some.
Having yet therefore one heir child son , 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 inheritor heir successor ; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours. And they took him, and killed slain executed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. What shall therefore the master lord owner 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 foundation corner : This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous amazing 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.