Mark 12:6-8

6. Having yet therefore one son, his well-beloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son. V. 7.But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours. V. 8. And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

Mark also how the patience of the owner stands out in the account. Now the master had an only son, whom he loved dearly, and who would incidentally be his heir. Him he sent as the last one to these men, with the hope and expectation that they must surely feel a certain amount of reverence for him, since he so obviously represented the master and was entitled to full honor as the future lord of the vineyard.

But the wicked husbandmen discussed the matter among themselves; they wanted to get possession of the vineyard, they wanted to rule in it as they pleased, they wanted to enjoy all its produce without interference. So they planned to kill the heir and calmly take possession of the property.

This plan they carried out; when the son of the owner came, they admitted him to the vine. yard, but then cast him out and killed him, or they cast out his body after having killed him.