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1 Then He began to speak to them in figurative language. "There was once a man," He said, "who planted a vineyard, fenced it round, dug a pit for the wine-tank, and built a strong lodge. Then he let the place to vine-dressers and went abroad. 2 At vintage-time he sent one of his servants to receive from the vine-dressers a share of the grapes. 3 But they seized him, beat him cruelly and sent him away empty-handed. 4 Again he sent to them another servant: and as for him, they wounded him in the head and treated him shamefully. 5 Yet a third he sent, and him they killed. And he sent many besides, and them also they ill-treated, beating some and killing others. Mark 12:1-5, Weymouth New Testament. Public domain.
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