Then He began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, leased it to farmers, and went on a journey for a long time.
"For it is as if a man leaving on a journey, who called his own servants and handed over his possessions to them.
Therefore He said: "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.
Now at vintage-time he sent a servant to the farmers, that they might give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers flogged him and sent him away empty-handed.
And Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things."