Mark 12:1-12 And He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard, and placed around it a fence, and dug a wine vat, and built a tower, and rented it out to farmers, and traveled abroad.

BLB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ And He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard, and placed around it a fence, and dug a wine vat, and built a tower, and rented it out to farmers, and traveled abroad. ² And he sent a servant to the farmers at the due time, that he might receive from the farmers from the fruit of the vineyard. ³ But having taken him, they beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. ⁴ And again he sent to them another servant, and him they struck on the head, and treated shamefully. ⁵ And He sent another, and him they killed; also many others, indeed some beating, and some killing. ⁶ Yet having one beloved son, he sent him to them last, saying, ‘They will have respect for my son.’ ⁷ But those farmers said to themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ ⁸ And having taken him, they killed him, and cast him forth outside the vineyard. ⁹ What therefore will the master of the vineyard do? He will come and will destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others. ¹⁰ Have you not even read this Scripture: ‘The stone which those building rejected, this has become the chief corner; ¹¹ this was from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?” ¹² And they were seeking to lay hold of Him, and yet they feared the crowd; for they knew that He had spoken the parable against them. And having left Him, they went away.