Bad Tenants Have Been Around Since Biblical Times -- Jesus Spoke of Them

San Antonio Eviction Lawyer - Bexar County Eviction Attorney Trey Wilson wrote:

Think your tenants are bad? You are not alone, and your experiences are nothing new.

Bad tenants who abuse owners' trust have been around since ancient times. So prevalent and historical is the problem, that Jesus Christ even told a parable about evil tenant farmers. 

The Parable of the Evil Farmers is found in Chapter 12 of the Book of Mark, Chapter 21 of the Book of Matthew, and Chapter 20 of the Book of Luke, and goes like this:

^{33 “Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.34 When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit.}

^{35  “The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. 36 Then he sent other servants to them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way. 37 Last of all, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.}

^{38 “But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This is the heir.Come, let’s kill him and take his inheritance.’ 39 So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.}

-Matt 21: 33-39

However destructive, abusive and financially irresponsible your tenants are, there's a pretty good chance that they aren't killing your family members.  Fortunately, you also shouldn't have to kill them to get them out of your property, and rent it to another tenant who "shares their fruit."

There are other options, including eviction through the Justice Courts.  Rather than sending servants, perhaps you should consider sending a Notice to Vacate, and starting the New Year with a resolution to turn your rental property into something other than a source of stress and financial problems.