Matt 21:33 (NIV) ÒListen to
another parable: There was a landowner who
planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he
rented the vineyard to some farmers and
went away on a journey. 34 When the
harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit. 35 The tenants
seized his servants; they beat one, killed
another, and stoned a third. 36 Then he sent other
servants to them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way. 37 Last of
all, he sent his son to them. ÔThey will
respect my son,Õ he said. 38 But when the
tenants saw the son, they said to each other, ÔThis is the heir. Come, let's kill him and take his
inheritance.Õ 39 So they took him and
threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.Ó