10. When the time came to gather the grapes, he sent a slave to the tenants to receive from them his share of the harvest. But the tenants beat the slave and sent him back without a thing.
11. So he sent another slave; but the tenants beat him also, treated him shamefully, and sent him back without a thing.
12. Then he sent a third slave; the tenants wounded him, too, and threw him out.
13. Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my own dear son; surely they will respect him!’