Mark 12:1-12 AND he began to speak to them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and fenced it all around, and he dug in it a wine-press, and built a tower in it, and then he leased it to laborers, and went on a journey.

Lamsa⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ AND he began to speak to them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and fenced it all around, and he dug in it a wine-press, and built a tower in it, and then he leased it to laborers, and went on a journey. ² And in due season he sent his servant to the laborers, to receive some of the fruits of the vineyard. ³ But they beat him, and sent him away empty. ⁴ And again he sent to them another servant; they stoned him also, and wounded him, and sent him away in disgrace. ⁵ And again he sent another, but they killed him; and he sent many other servants, some of them they beat, and some they killed. ⁶ But finally, he had a very beloved son, and he sent him to them last of all, for he said, They might feel ashamed before my son. ⁷ But the laborers said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours. ⁸ And they took and killed him, and threw him outside of the vineyard. ⁹ What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those laborers, and give the vineyard to others. ¹⁰ Have you not read this scripture, The stone which the builders rejected, the same became the corner-stone? ¹¹ This was from the Lord, and it is a wonder in our eyes. ¹² They wanted to seize him, but they were afraid of the people; for they knew that he spoke this parable against them; and they left him and went away.