1 Jesus then began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.
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At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.
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But they seized him, beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
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Then he sent another servant to them; they struck this man on the head and treated him shamefully.
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He sent still another, and that one they killed. He sent many others; some of them they beat, others they killed.
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“He had one left to send, a son, whom he loved. He sent him last of all, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’