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"They took him, and beat him and sent him awayempty-handed.
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"Again he sent them anotherslave, and they wounded him in the head, and treated him shamefully.
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"And he sentanother, and that one they killed; and so with manyothers, beatingsome and killingothers*.
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"He hadonemore to send, a belovedson; he sent him last of all to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'
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"But thosevine-growerssaid to oneanother, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!'
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"They took him, and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard.
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"What will the owner of the vineyarddo? He will come and destroy the vine-growers, and will give the vineyard to others.
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"Have you not evenreadthisScripture:'1THE STONEWHICH THE BUILDERSREJECTED,THISBECAME THE CHIEFCORNER stone;
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2THISCAME ABOUT FROM THE LORD,AND IT IS MARVELOUS IN OUR EYES '?"
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3And they were seeking to seize Him, and yet they feared the people, for they understood that He spoke the parableagainst them. And so 4they left Him and wentaway.
Jesus Answers the Pharisees, Sadducees and Scribes
135Then they sentsome of the Pharisees and 6Herodians to Him in order to 7trap Him in a statement.