"Hear another parable," Christ said: "There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a wine press in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: and when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise. But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?"

Hør nu en anden lignelse, sagde Jesus. Der var en husbond, som plantede en vingård og satte et gærde om den og gravede en perse i den og byggede et vagttårn; så lejede han den ud til vingårdsmænd og drog udenlands. Da nu frugttiden nærmede sig, sendte han sine tjenere til vingårdsmændene for at få de frugter, der tilkom ham. Men vingårdsmændene greb hans tjenere, og en slog de løs på, en anden dræbte de, og en tredje stenede de. Så sendte han igen nogle tjenere, flere end første gang; men de gjorde det samme ved dem. Til sidst sendte han sin søn til dem, da han tænkte: De vil undse sig for min søn. Men da vingårdsmændene så sønnen, sagde de til hverandre: Det er arvingen; kom, lad os slå ham ihjel, så får vi hans arv! Og de greb ham og slæbte ham ud af vingården og slog ham ihjel. Når nu vingårdens ejer kommer, hvad vil han så gøre ved de vingårdsmænd?