Mark 12:1-12 And Jesus began to speak to them in parables: "A man once planted a vineyard, put a fence round it, dug a wine-press, built a tower, and then let it out to tenants and went abroad.

Twentieth_Century⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ And Jesus began to speak to them in parables: "A man once planted a vineyard, put a fence round it, dug a wine-press, built a tower, and then let it out to tenants and went abroad. ² At the proper time he sent a servant to the tenants, to receive from them a share of the produce of the vintage; ³ But they seized him, and beat him, and sent him away empty- handed. ⁴ A second time the owner sent a servant to them; this man, too, the tenants struck on the head, and insulted. ⁵ He sent another, but him they killed; and so with many others- -some they beat and some they killed. ⁶ He had still one son, who was very dear to him; and him he sent to them last of all. 'They will respect my son,' he said. ⁷ But those tenants said to one another 'Here is the heir! Come, let us kill him, and his inheritance will be ours.' ⁸ So they seized him, and killed him, and threw his body outside the vineyard. ⁹ What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and put the tenants to death, and he will let the vineyard to others. ¹⁰ Have you never read this passage of Scripture?--'The very stone which the builders despised has now itself become the corner- stone; ¹¹ This corner-stone has come from the Lord, and is marvelous in our eyes.'" ¹² After this his enemies were eager to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd; for they saw that it was at them that he had aimed the parable. So they let him alone, and went away.