Mark 12:1-12 Then he proceeded to address them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, fenced it round, dug a trough for the winepress, and built a tower; then he leased it to vinedressers and went abroad.

Moffatt⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Then he proceeded to address them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, fenced it round, dug a trough for the winepress, and built a tower; then he leased it to vinedressers and went abroad. ² When the season came round he sent a servant to the vine dressers to collect from the vine dressers some of the produce of the vineyard, ³ but they took and flogged him and sent him off with nothing. ⁴ Once more he sent them another servant; him they knocked on the head and insulted. ⁵ He sent another, but they killed him. And so they treated many others; some they flogged and some they killed. ⁶ He had still one left, a beloved son; he sent him to them last, saying, 'They will respect my son.' ⁷ But these vinedressers said to themselves, 'Here is the heir; come on, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be our own.' ⁸ So they took and killed him, and threw him outside the vineyard. ⁹ Now what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vinedressers, and he will give the vineyard to others. ¹⁰ Have you not even read this scripture? — The stone that the builders rejected is the chief stone now of the corner: ¹¹ this is the doing of the Lord, and a wonder to our eyes." ¹² Then they tried to get hold of him, but they were afraid of the multitude. They knew he had meant the parable for them. So they left him and went away.