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And they answered Jesus, and said, We know not. He also said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
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But what think ye? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to-day in the vineyard.
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And he answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented himself, and went.
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And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I [go], sir: and went not.
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Which of the two did the will of his father? They say, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, that the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
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For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye saw it, did not even repent yourselves afterward, that ye might believe him.
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Hear another parable: There was a man that was a householder, who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.
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And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, to receive his fruits.
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And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
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Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them in like manner.
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But afterward he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.