7. So they answered, “We don’t know the answer.”
8. So Jesus said to them, “Then I will not tell you by what authority I do these things!”
9. Then Jesus told the people this story: “A man planted a vineyard. The man leased the land to some farmers. Then he went away for a long time.
10. Later, it was time for the grapes to be picked. So the man sent a servant to those farmers to get his share of the grapes. But they beat the servant and sent him away with nothing.
11. Then he sent another servant. They beat this servant too. They showed no respect for him and sent him away with nothing.
12. So the man sent a third servant. The farmers hurt this servant badly and threw him out.
13. The owner of the vineyard said, ‘What will I do now? I will send my son whom I love very much. Maybe they will respect him!’
14. When they saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This is the owner’s son. This vineyard will be his. If we kill him, then it will be ours!’
15. So the farmers threw the son out of the vineyard and killed him.“What will the owner of this vineyard do?