8. Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
9. He began to tell the people this parable. “A man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time.
10. At the proper season, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him, and sent him away empty.
11. He sent yet another servant, and they also beat him, and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.