33. “Listen to this story: There was a man who owned a vineyard. He put a wall around the vineyard and dug a hole for a winepress. Then he built a tower. He leased the land to some farmers and left for a trip.
34. Later, it was time for the grapes to be picked. So the man sent his servants to the farmers to get his share of the grapes.
35. But the farmers grabbed the servants, beat one, killed another, and then killed a third servant with stones.
36. So the man sent some other servants to the farmers. He sent more servants than he sent the first time. But the farmers did the same thing to the servants that they had done before.
37. So the man decided to send his son to the farmers. He said, ‘The farmers will respect my son.’
38. But when the farmers saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This is the owner’s son. This vineyard will be his. If we kill him, then his vineyard will be ours!’