9. Then Jesus told the people this parable: “There was once a man who planted a vineyard, let it out to tenants, and then left home for a long time.
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.