There was a man, the owner. He had his own plot of land. He fenced it and planted grapes there.

Then he made a hole in the stone; in it a tube. When the grapes grow, they will harvest, then throw them into this hole and trample them. The juice will flow through this tube, and they will make wine from it.

This man also built a tower so that the guards could protect the area, so that strangers would not enter. He prepared all this. Then he called the workers and said to them:

— I give you this plot, look after it, cultivate the land, this vineyard. And when it ripens, we will divide the harvest. I will take part for myself, part for you.

And the owner went far, far away, on his own business. Time passed, autumn came, the owner called the servant and said: I have a plot of grapes. Go there and take some of the harvest.

The servant obeyed and went to that place, to the plot. The people who worked there decided that they would not give anything to this servant. They beat the servant and threw him out.

He left empty-handed. The owner saw that, called another servant, and also sent him there to take part of the harvest. The second servant came to the place. The workers saw the servant again, talked among themselves and decided that they would not give anything.

They grabbed him, beat him on the head, beat him very hard, beat him very cruelly. And then the master called a third servant and also sent him to that place. And when the third servant came there, those evil people also did not give anything, they grabbed him and killed him.

The owner says: I sent and sent my servants there so many times, and those workers beat them, killed those whom I sent there.

The owner thought: What to do?

He had an only, beloved son. The owner thought: If I send my son, they will not dare to touch him.

And he ordered his son to go there. The workers saw the son and began to talk among themselves:

— But he is the owner’s son. He will inherit and take possession of this plot. Let’s kill him and seize this plot for ourselves!

When the son approached, they grabbed him, killed him and threw him outside the area.

What will the owner do then?

Of course, he will come, seize these workers and punish them all with death. And he will give the area to other people.

Jesus said to the chief priests, scribes, and elders:

— You know what is written in the Scripture:

People gathered to build a house of stones. Suddenly they decided that one stone was not needed and threw it away. They continued to build the house, but without this stone. The Lord commanded that this stone should be the most important in the house. The builders saw that the Lord had performed a miracle.

The elders who were standing around realized that Jesus was telling this parable against them. They were indignant and wanted to seize Jesus, but they could not do so because there were so many people around.

They decided: Let’s do nothing and leave.