Luke 20:9-16

9Now he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went away for a long time.

10At harvest time he sent a servant to the farmers so that they might give him some fruit from the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

11He sent yet another servant, but they beat that one too, treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed.

12And he sent yet a third, but they wounded this one too and threw him out.

13“Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What should I do? I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.’

14“But when the tenant farmers saw him, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let’s kill him, so that the inheritance will be ours.’

15So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. “What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

16He will come and kill those farmers and give the vineyard to others.” But when they heard this they said, “That must never happen!”