But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all [men] counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.
And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, ‹Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.›
And he began to speak unto them by parables. ‹A› [certain] ‹man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about› [it], ‹and digged› [a place for] ‹the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.›
‹And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.›
‹And they caught› [him], ‹and beat him, and sent› [him] ‹away empty.›
‹And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded› [him] ‹in the head, and sent› [him] ‹away shamefully handled.›
‹And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.›
‹Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.›
‹But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.›
‹And they took him, and killed› [him], ‹and cast› [him] ‹out of the vineyard.›