Matthew 21:33-41 ▼

33 Hear another parable: There was a man, a master of a house, who planted a vineyard, and placed around it a fence, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. And he rented it out to farmers and traveled abroad.

34 And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers to receive his fruits.

35 And the farmers, having taken his servants, one they beat, and one they killed, and one they stoned.

36 Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did likewise to them.

37 And afterward he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

38 But the farmers, having seen the son, said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and gain possession of his inheritance.’

39 And having taken him, they cast him out of the vineyard and killed him.

40 Therefore, when the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do to those farmers?”

41 They say to Him, “He will destroy those evil ones grievously, and he will give out the vineyard to other farmers who will give back to him the fruits in their seasons.”