Tenants

The umbrella collects the closing turn of the parable of the vineyard, where the leased land is taken back from the men who have been farming it. Two synoptic forms preserve the eviction.

The Vineyard Given to Others

In Mark, the question and its answer come from the speaker himself, with no objection from the audience: "What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others" (Mark 12:9). The eviction is double — the tenants are destroyed, and the vineyard is reassigned. Tenancy is not renegotiated; it is transferred.

The Audience Protests

Luke preserves the same conclusion but adds the listeners' reaction: "He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid" (Luke 20:16). The protest functions as a second witness against the tenants — those who hear the parable instinctively recognize what the verdict means and refuse it before they accept it.