30. The man then told his younger son to go and work in the vineyard. The boy said he would, but he didn't go.
31. Which one of the sons obeyed his father?“The elder one,” the chief priests and leaders answered.Then Jesus told them:You can be sure that tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the kingdom of God before you ever will!
32. When John the Baptist showed you how to do right, you would not believe him. But these evil people did believe. And even when you saw what they did, you still would not change your minds and believe.
33. Jesus told the chief priests and leaders to listen to this story:A land owner once planted a vineyard. He built a wall around it and dug a pit to crush the grapes in. He also built a lookout tower. Then he let his vineyard and left the country.
34. When it was harvest time, the owner sent some servants to get his share of the grapes.
35. But the tenants grabbed those servants. They beat up one, killed one, and stoned one of them to death.
36. He then sent more servants than he did the first time. But the tenants treated them in the same way.