And he began to speak unto them by illustrations parables stories . A certain man planted a orchard garden vineyard , and set an wall fence hedge about it, and digged a place for the vat winepress winefat , and built a tower structure watchtower , and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far place country land . And at the harvest time season he sent to the husbandmen a worker servant messenger , 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 face skull head , and sent him away shamefully handled. And again he sent another; and him they slain murdered killed , 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 heir inheritor successor ; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours. And they took him, and executed killed slain 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 corner foundation cornerstone : This was the Lord's doing, and it is amazing marvellous wonderful in our eyes? And they sought to lay hold on him, but dreaded avoided feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.