331"Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted 2a vineyard 3and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and 4leased it to tenants, and 5went into another country.
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When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants[a] to the tenants 6to get his fruit.
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7And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and 8stoned another.
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9Again he sent other servants, more than the first. And they did the same to them.
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Finally he sent his son to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'
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But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, 10'This is the heir. Come, 11let us kill him and have his inheritance.'
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And they took him and 12threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
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13When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?"
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They said to him, 14"He will put those wretches to a miserable death and 15let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons."
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Jesus said to them, 16"Have you never read in the Scriptures:17"'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;[b] 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 18will be taken away from you and given to a people 19producing its fruits.
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And 20the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and 21when it falls on anyone, it will crush him."[c]
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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 22although they were seeking to arrest him, 23they feared the crowds, because they held him to be 24a prophet.