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He will come and put them to destruction and give the garden to others. And when he said this, they said, May it not be so.
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But he, looking on them, said, Is it not in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has become the chief stone of the building?
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Everyone falling on that stone will be broken, but the man on whom the stone comes down will be crushed to dust.
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And the chief priests and the scribes made attempts to get their hands on him in that very hour; and they were in fear of the people, for they saw that he had made up this story against them.
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And they kept watch on him, and sent out secret representatives, who were acting the part of good men, in order that they might get something from his words, on account of which they might give him up to the government and into the power of the ruler.
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And they put a question to him, saying, Master, we are certain that your teaching and your words are right, and that you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God:
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Is it right for us to make payment of taxes to Caesar or not?
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But he saw through their trick and said to them,
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Let me see a penny. Whose image and name are on it? And they said, Caesar's.
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And he said, Then give to Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's.
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And they were not able to get anything from these words before the people: but they were full of wonder at his answer, and said nothing.