He said, “A creditor owned a vineyard. He leased it out to some sharecroppers to work it so he could collect its fruit. “He sent his servant so that the sharecroppers could give him the fruit of the vineyard. They seized his servant, beat him, and nearly killed him. “The servant went back and told his master. His master said, ‘Maybe he just didn’t know them.’ He sent another servant, but the tenants beat that one too. “Then the master sent his son, thinking, ‘Maybe they’ll show some respect to my son.’ “Because they knew that he was the heir of the vineyard, the sharecroppers seized and killed
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