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33 "Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenants and went to another country.
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“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 had come, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his produce.
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When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit.
35 But the tenants seized his slaves and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
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“The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
36 Again he sent other slaves, more than the first; and they treated them in the same way.
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Then he sent other servants to them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way.
37 Finally he sent his son to them, saying, "They will respect my son.'
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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 themselves, "This is the heir; come, let us kill him and get his inheritance.'
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“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 seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
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So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
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