1. Then Jesus began teaching them with stories: “A man planted a vineyard. He built a wall around it, dug a pit for pressing out the grape juice, and built a lookout tower. Then he leased the vineyard to tenant farmers and moved to another country.
2. At the time of the grape harvest, he sent one of his servants to collect his share of the crop.
3. But the farmers grabbed the servant, beat him up, and sent him back empty-handed.