Matthew 21:33–38

THE PARABLE OF THE VINEYARD OWNER

33 “Listenr to another parable:s There was a landowner, who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower.t He leased it to tenant farmers and went away.u 34 When the time came to harvest fruit, he sent his servants to the farmers to collect his fruit. 35 The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.v 36 Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group, and they did the same to them. 37 Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

38 “But when the tenant farmers saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and take his inheritance.’w