Luke 20:5-13

⁵And they said among themselves, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why did you not have faith in him?

⁶But if we say, Of men; we will be stoned by the people, for they are certain that John was a prophet.

⁷And they made answer that they had no idea where it came from.

⁸And Jesus said, And I will not make clear to you by what authority I do these things.

⁹And he gave the people this story: A man made a vine-garden and gave the use of it to some field-workers and went into another country for a long time.

¹⁰And at the right time he sent a servant to the workers to get part of the fruit from the vines; but the workmen gave him blows and sent him away with nothing.

¹¹And he sent another servant, and they gave blows to him in the same way, and put shame on him, and sent him away with nothing.

¹²And he sent a third, and they gave him wounds and put him out.

¹³And the lord of the garden said, What am I to do? I will send my dearly loved son; they may give respect to him.