2. Now at vintage-time he sent a servant to the vinedressers, that he might receive some of the fruit of the vineyard from the vinedressers.
3. And they took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
4. Again he sent them another servant, and at him they threw stones, wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated.
5. And again he sent another, and him they killed; and many others, beating some and killing some.
6. Therefore still having one son, his beloved, he also sent him to them last, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’