³⁶ Then he sent other servants^(A) 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.^(B) Come, let’s kill him^(C) and take his inheritance.’^(D)