35. "But the renters grabbed his servants. They beat one of them. They killed another. They threw stones at the third to kill him.
36. Then the man sent other servants to the renters. He sent more than he did the first time. The renters treated them the same way.
37. "Last of all, he sent his son to them. 'They will respect my son,' he said.
38. "But the renters saw the son coming. They said to each other, 'This is the one who will receive all the owner's property someday. Come, let's kill him. Then everything will be ours.'
39. So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard. Then they killed him.
40. "When the owner of the vineyard comes back, what will he do to those renters?"