Luke 20:8 BBE

⁶  But if we say, Of men; we will be stoned by the people, for they are certain that John was a prophet.

⁷  And they made answer that they had no idea where it came from.

⁸  And Jesus said, And I will not make clear to you by what authority I do these things.

⁹  And he gave the people this story: A man made a vine-garden and gave the use of it to some field-workers and went into another country for a long time.

¹⁰  And at the right time he sent a servant to the workers to get part of the fruit from the vines; but the workmen gave him blows and sent him away with nothing.