but the rest, laying hold of his slaves, treated them insolently and killed them.”​—Matt. 22:4-6.

They even resorted to outright murder of his obedient “slaves,” the Christian preachers of the good news of God’s Messianic kingdom. A person just has to read the book of Acts of the Apostles, Ac chapters three through nine, to have a historic record of how true was Jesus’ prophetic illustration in this regard.