And he began to speak unto them by parables stories illustrations . A certain man planted a garden vineyard orchard , and set an fence hedge wall about it, and digged a place for the winepress winefat vat , and built a structure tower watchtower , and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far place country land . 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 stones projectiles rocks , and wounded him in the face head skull , 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 son heir , his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will respect honor reverence my son. But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the successor inheritor heir ; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours. And they took him, and slain killed executed 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 foundation cornerstone corner : This was the Lord's doing, and it is wonderful marvellous amazing 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.