Luke 20:9-15 Then he proceeded to tell the people the following parable. "A man planted a vineyard, leased it to vinedressers, and went abroad for some time.

Moffatt⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁹ Then he proceeded to tell the people the following parable. "A man planted a vineyard, leased it to vinedressers, and went abroad for some time. ¹⁰ When the season came round he sent a servant to the vine dressers to receive part of the produce of the vineyard, but the vinedressers flogged him and sent him off with nothing. ¹¹ He proceeded to send another servant, and they flogged him too, insulted him and sent him off with nothing. ¹² Then he sent still a third, but this one they wounded and threw outside. ¹³ Said the owner of the vineyard, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.' ¹⁴ But when the vinedressers saw him, they argued to themselves, 'Here is the heir, let us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.' ¹⁵ And they threw him outside the vineyard and killed him. Now what will the owner of the vineyard do to them?