32. For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.
33. ‘Listen to another parable: there was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall round it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.
34. When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit.
35. ‘The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
36. Then he sent other servants to them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them in the same way.
37. Last of all, he sent his son to them. “They will respect my son,” he said.
38. ‘But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, “This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and take his inheritance.”
39. So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.