Parable Proper
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