8 “And they grippit him and slew him, and cuist him oot oʼ the vine‐yaird.
“Hear ye anither parable: Thar was a laird wha plantit a vine‐yaird, and dykit it roond aboot, and howkit a wine‐vat inʼt, and biggit a tooer, and lat it oot to crofters, and gaed awa till anither land.
“And they took him, and cuist him oot the vine‐yaird, and killed him.
“But thae crofters coonsellʼt amang their sels, ‘This is the heir! Come awa! lat us kill him; and we may seize on his hame‐haddin!’
“And noo, what sal the laird oʼ the vine‐yaird do? He wull come, and destroy the crofters, and gie the vine‐yaird ower to ithers.
“And, castin him oot oʼ the vine‐yaird, they slew him! And what, noo, sal the laird oʼ the vine‐yaird do to them?