³⁵ “The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.^{(A) 36} Then he sent other servants^(B) to them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way. ³⁷ Last of all, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

³⁸ “But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This is the heir.^(C) Come, let’s kill him^(D) and take his inheritance.’^{(E) 39} So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.