'Vineyard' in the Bible
"The kingdom from heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
After agreeing to pay the workers one denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
He told them, "You go into the vineyard, too, and I will pay you whatever is right.'
They told him, "Because no one has hired us.' He told them, "You go into the vineyard as well.'
"When evening came, the owner of the vineyard told his manager, "Call the workers and give them their wages, beginning with the last and ending with the first.'
"But what do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, "Son, go and work in the vineyard today.'
"Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a wall around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went abroad.
So they grabbed him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
Now when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those farmers?"
They told him, "He will put those horrible men to a horrible death. Then he will lease the vineyard to other farmers who will give him his produce at harvest time."
Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the wine press, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went abroad.
At the right time, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect from them a share of the produce from the vineyard.
So they grabbed him, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.
"Now what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come, execute the farmers, and give the vineyard to others.
Then Jesus told them this parable: "A man had a fig tree that had been planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it but didn't find any.
Then he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went abroad for a long time.
At the right time he sent a servant to the farmers in order to get his share of the produce of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him back empty-handed.
"Then the owner of the vineyard said, "What should I do? I'll send my son whom I love. Maybe they'll respect him.'
So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. Now what will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
He will come and destroy those farmers and give the vineyard to others." Those who heard him said, "That must never happen!"
Who ever goes to war at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat any of its grapes? Or who takes care of a flock and does not drink any of its milk?