Mark 12:1-3

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The parable of the tenants

12 Jesus began to speak to them with parables.

“Once upon a time,” he began, “there was a man who planted a vineyard. He built a fence around it, dug out a wine-press, built a watchtower, and then let it out to tenant farmers. He himself went abroad. ² When the time came he sent a slave to the farmers to collect from them his portion of the vineyard’s produce. ³ They seized him, beat him and sent him away empty-handed.