^{10 Ref} and at the season he sent unto the husbandmen a servant, that from the fruit of the vineyard they may give to him, but the husbandmen having beat him, did send `him' away empty.

^{11 Ref} `And he added to send another servant, and they that one also having beaten and dishonoured, did send away empty;

¹² and he added to send a third, and this one also, having wounded, they did cast out.

^{13 Ref} `And the owner of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my son -- the beloved, perhaps having seen this one, they will do reverence;

^{14 Ref} and having seen him, the husbandmen reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir; come, we may kill him, that the inheritance may become ours;

^{15 Ref} and having cast him outside of the vineyard, they killed `him'; what, then, shall the owner of the vineyard do to them?

^{16 Ref} He will come, and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.' And having heard, they said, `Let it not be!'

^{17 Ref} and he, having looked upon them, said, `What, then, is this that hath been written: A stone that the builders rejected -- this became head of a corner?

^{18 Ref} every one who hath fallen on that stone shall be broken, and on whom it may fall, it will crush him to pieces.'