^{1 Ref} And he began to speak unto them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a pit for the winepress, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.

^{2 Ref} And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruits of the vineyard.

^{3 Ref} And they took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

⁴ And again he sent unto them another servant; and him they wounded in the head, and handled shamefully.

^{5 Ref} And he sent another; and him they killed: and many others; beating some, and killing some.

^{6 Ref} He had yet one, a beloved son: he sent him last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

^{7 Ref} But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.

^{8 Ref} And they took him, and killed him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard.

^{9 Ref} What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.

^{10 Ref} Have ye not read even this scripture: The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner;

^{11 Ref} This was from the Lord, And it is marvellous in our eyes?

^{12 Ref} And they sought to lay hold on him; and they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spake the parable against them: and they left him, and went away.