The man sent a different servant, and the renters killed him. The man kept sending servants, but the renters beat some of them up and killed others.
Show mercy to others, just as your Father shows mercy.
But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they’ve done to him everything they wanted to do, just as it is written about him.”
“Jerusalem! Jerusalem! You kill the prophets and throw stones at those who are sent to you. Many times I’ve wanted to gather your people together the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you wouldn’t let me!
The rest grabbed his slaves, treated them badly, and killed them.
Rejoice and be glad, because you have a great reward in heaven. You’re being treated just the way people treated the prophets who lived long ago.
So the man sent another servant to the renters. They hit that one over the head and treated him badly.
“The man had one person left to send. It was his son, who he loved. He finally sent him, thinking, ‘They’ll have to respect my son.’