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1 And He began to speak to them in parables: "A man PLANTED A VINEYARD AND PUT A WALL AROUND IT, AND DUG A VAT UNDER THE WINE PRESS AND BUILT A TOWER, and rented it out to vine-growers and went on a journey.
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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.
2 "At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, in order to receive some of the produce of the vineyard from the vine-growers.
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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.
3 "They took him, and beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
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But they seized him, beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
4 "Again he sent them another slave, and they wounded him in the head, and treated him shamefully.
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Then he sent another servant to them; they struck this man on the head and treated him shamefully.
5 "And he sent another, and that one they killed; and so with many others, beating some and killing others .
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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.
6 "He had one more to send, a beloved son; he sent him last of all to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'
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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.’
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