6. But if we say, ‘Of human origin,’ all the people will stone us, because they are persuaded that John was a prophet.”
7. So they answered, “We don’t know where it was from.”
8. Jesus said, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”
9. He went on to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it to some farmers and went away for a long time.
10. At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants so they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
11. He sent another servant, but that one also they beat and treated shamefully and sent away empty-handed.
12. He sent still a third, and they wounded him and threw him out.
13. “Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my son, whom I love; perhaps they will respect him.’