Matthew 21:33-39

33“Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.

34When the harvest time was near, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his portion of the crop.

35But the tenants seized his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

36Again he sent other slaves, more than the first, and they treated them the same way.

37Finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

38But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and get his inheritance!’

39So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.