Mark 12:4-6

Expanded Bible

⁴ Then the man sent another ·servant [slave]. They ·hit [beat] him on the head and ·showed no respect for [humiliated; dishonored] him. ⁵ So the man sent another, whom they killed. The man sent many others; the farmers beat some of them and killed others [^Cthe servants represent the prophets God sent to Israel].

⁶ “The man had one person left to send, his son whom he loved [^Crepresenting Jesus; see 1:11; 9:7]. He sent him last of all, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’