Mark 12:1-12 And He began to speak to them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and placed a hedge round it, and dug a wine-trough; and built a tower, and he gave it out to husbandmen, and went away.

Godbey⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ And He began to speak to them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and placed a hedge round it, and dug a wine-trough; and built a tower, and he gave it out to husbandmen, and went away. ² And he sent a servant to the husbandmen in the season, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard: ³ and they taking him, beat him, and sent him away empty. ⁴ And again he sent to them another servant; and stoning him they wounded him in the head, and sent him away dishonored. ⁵ And again he sent another; and they slew him, and many others beating some, killing others. ⁶ Then having still one son, his own beloved, he sent him also to them last, saying; That they will reverence my son. ⁷ And those husbandmen said to one another; This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours. ⁸ And taking him they slew him, and cast him out of the vineyard. ⁹ What then shall the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the husbandmen, and give the vineyard to others. ¹⁰ Have you not read the Scripture; The stone which the builders rejected, the same has come to be the head of the corner: ¹¹ this was with the Lord, and is wonderful in our eyes? ¹² And they were seeking to arrest Him; and they feared the multitude; for they knew that He spoke the parable against them. And leaving Him they went away.