2. At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.
3. But they seized him, beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
4. Then he sent another servant to them; they struck this man on the head and treated him shamefully.
5. He sent still another, and that one they killed. He sent many others; some of them they beat, others they killed.
6. “He had one left to send, a son, whom he loved. He sent him last of all, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’