30. And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
31. Which of the two did the will of his father?
32. For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and you believed him not: but the tax collectors and the harlots believed him: and you, when you had seen it, repented not afterward, that you might believe him.
33. Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, who planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and let it out to tenants, and went into a far country:
34. And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants, that they might receive the fruits of it.
35. And the tenants took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
36. Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.
37. But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will respect my son.
38. But when the tenants saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize his inheritance.
39. And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.
40. When the lord therefore of the vineyard comes, what will he do unto those tenants?
41. They said unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other tenants, who shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
42. Jesus said unto them,