6. But if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.
7. And they answered, that they could not tell from where it was.
8. And Jesus said unto them,
9. Then began he to speak to the people this parable;
10. And at the harvest season he sent a servant to the tenants, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the tenants beat him, and sent him away empty.
11. And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
12. And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out.