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The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard
“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
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He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
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He told them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’
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“‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. “He said to them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard.’
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“When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.’
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The Parable of the Two Sons
“What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’
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The Parable of the Tenants
“Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.
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So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
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“Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?”
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“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and he will rent the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him his share of the crop at harvest time.”
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The Parable of the Tenants
Jesus then began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.
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At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.
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So they took him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.
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“What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.
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Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any.
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So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’
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The Parable of the Tenants
He went on to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it to some farmers and went away for a long time.
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At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants so they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
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“Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my son, whom I love; perhaps they will respect him.’
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So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. “What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
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He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” When the people heard this, they said, “God forbid!”
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Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its grapes? Who tends a flock and does not drink the milk?
