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But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, 1'This is the heir. Come, 2let us kill him and have his inheritance.'
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And they took him and 3threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
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4When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?"
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They said to him, 5"He will put those wretches to a miserable death and 6let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons."
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Jesus said to them, 7"Have you never read in the Scriptures:8"'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;[a] this was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?
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Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God 9will be taken away from you and given to a people 10producing its fruits.
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And 11the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and 12when it falls on anyone, it will crush him."[b]
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When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he was speaking about them.
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And 13although they were seeking to arrest him, 14they feared the crowds, because they held him to be 15a prophet.