3. But they seized him, beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
4. Then he sent another servant to them; they struck this man on the head and treated him shamefully.
5. He sent still another, and that one they killed. He sent many others; some of them they beat, others they killed.
6. ‘He had one left to send, a son, whom he loved. He sent him last of all, saying, “They will respect my son.”
7. ‘But the tenants said to one another, “This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.”
8. So they took him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.
9. ‘What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.
10. Haven’t you read this passage of Scripture:‘ “The stone the builders rejectedhas become the cornerstone;
11. the Lord has done this,and it is marvellous in our eyes”?’