²⁵ Alzo zal Ik ulieden de jaren vergelden, die de sprinkhaan, de kever, en de kruidworm, en de rups heeft afgegeten; Mijn groot heir, dat Ik onder u gezonden heb.

³⁷ Als er honger in het land wezen zal, als er pest wezen zal, als er brandkoren, honigdauw, sprinkhanen, kevers wezen zullen, als zijn vijand in het land zijner poorten hem belegeren zal, of enige plage, of enige krankheid wezen zal;

¹⁰ At the proper season, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him, and sent him away empty.

¹¹ He sent yet another servant, and they also beat him, and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.

¹² He sent yet a third, and they also wounded him, and threw him out.

¹³ The lord of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. It may be that seeing him, they will respect him.'

¹⁴ "But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.'

¹⁵ They threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them?

¹⁶ He will come and destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard to others." When they heard it, they said, "May it never be!"