Bible Verses

They told him: “He will bring those wicked men to a wicked end and lease the vineyard to others, who will pay him in due time.”

Now, what will the vineyard owner do with the tenants when he comes?

They seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

But when the tenants saw the son, they thought, ‘This is the one who is to inherit the vineyard. Let us kill him, and his inheritance will be ours.’

Finally, he sent his son, thinking, ‘They will respect my son.’

Once more, the owner sent additional servants, but they were treated the same way.

But the tenants seized his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

When harvest time arrived, the landowner sent his servants to the tenants to collect his portion of the harvest.

Parable of the Wicked Vinedressers Listen to another example: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He fenced it, dug a winepress, built a watchtower, leased the vineyard to tenants, and then went to a distant country.

For John came to show you the way of goodness, and you did not believe him, but tax collectors and the prostitutes did. You witnessed this, yet you neither repented nor believed him.