The man sent a third slave, but the renters wounded him and threw him out.
So the man sent another slave, but they beat him, too. They treated him badly and sent him away with nothing.
“Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What should I do? I have a son, and I love him. I’ll send him; maybe they’ll respect him.’
“Then he asked the second one, ‘And how much do you owe?’ “ ‘I owe 1,000 bushels of wheat,’ he replied. “The manager told him, ‘Take your bill and change it to 800 bushels.’