"At harvest-time he sent a slave to the vine-dressers, to ask them to give him a share of the crop; but the vine-dresser beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

"Then he sent another slave; and him also they flogged and handled shamefully and sent him away empty-handed.

"To you will I give all this authority and this glory; for it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.

And there was handed him the roll of the prophet Isaiah; and unrolling it he found the place where it was written,

He released the man who had been put in prison for riot and murder, the man whom they asked for; but Jesus he handed over to their will.

"The hungry he has filled with good things, But the rich he has sent empty away.