Mark 12:1-9 ▼

1 And he began to speak to them in parables: “A man dug a vineyard, and surrounded it with a hedge, and dug a pit, and built a tower, and he loaned it out to farmers, and he set out on a long journey.

2 And in time, he sent a servant to the farmers, in order to receive some of the fruit of the vineyard from the farmers.

3 But they, having apprehended him, beat him and sent him away empty.

4 And again, he sent another servant to them. And they wounded him on the head, and they treated him with contempt.

5 And again, he sent another, and him they killed, and many others: some they beat, but others they killed.

6 Therefore, having still one son, most dear to him, he sent him also to them, at the very end, saying, ‘For they will reverence my son.’

7 But the settlers said one to another: ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him. And then the inheritance will be ours.’

8 And apprehending him, they killed him. And they cast him out of the vineyard.

9 Therefore, what will the lord of the vineyard do?” “He will come and destroy the settlers. And he will give the vineyard to others.”