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And they caught [him], and beat him and sent [him] away empty.
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And again, he sent to them another servant: and at him they cast stones, and wounded [him] in the head, and sent [him] away shamefully handled.
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And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.
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Having yet therefore one son, his well-beloved, he sent him also last to them, saying, They will reverence my son.
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But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.
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And they took him, and killed [him], and cast [him] out of the vineyard.
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What therefore will the Lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.
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And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
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This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes?
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And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people; for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and departed.
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And they sent to him certain of the Pharisees, and of the Herodians, to catch him in [his] words.