1. He began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the wine press, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.
2. When it was time, he sent a servant to the farmer to get from the farmer his share of the fruit of the vineyard.
3. They took him, beat him, and sent him away empty.