12:3. Who, having laid hands on him, beat and sent him away empty.
12:4. And again he sent to them another servant: and him they wounded in the head and used him reproachfully.
12:5. And again he sent another, and him they killed: and many others, of whom some they beat, and others they killed.
12:6. Therefore, having yet one son, most dear to him, he also sent him unto them last of all, saying: They will reverence my son.
12:7. But the husbandmen said one to another: This is the heir. Come let us kill him and the inheritance shall be ours.
12:8. And laying hold on him, they killed him and cast him out of the vineyard.
12:9. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those husbandmen and will give the vineyard to others.
12:10. And have you not read this scripture, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is made the head of the corner:
12:11. By the Lord has this been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes.
12:12. And they sought to lay hands on him: but they feared the people. For they knew that he spoke this parable to them. And leaving him, they went their way.