Mark 12:3–8

3 But they took him, beatai him, and sent him away empty-handed.aj 4 Again he sent another servant to them, and theyA hit him on the head and treated him shamefully.B 5 Then he sent another, and they killed that one. He also sent many others; some they beat, and others they killed. 6 He still had one to send, a belovedak son. Finallyal he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 7 But those tenant farmers said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ 8 So they seized him, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.