2. And in time, he sent a servant to the farmers, in order to receive some of the fruit of the vineyard from the farmers.
3. But they, having apprehended him, beat him and sent him away empty.
4. And again, he sent another servant to them. And they wounded him on the head, and they treated him with contempt.
5. And again, he sent another, and him they killed, and many others: some they beat, but others they killed.
6. Therefore, having still one son, most dear to him, he sent him also to them, at the very end, saying, 'For they will reverence my son.'