11And He began to speak to them in parables: "2A man3PLANTED A VINEYARD AND PUT A WALLAROUND IT, AND DUG A VATUNDER THE WINEPRESS AND BUILT A TOWER, and rented it out to vine-growers and went on a journey.
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"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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"They took him, and beat him and sent him awayempty-handed.
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"Again he sent them anotherslave, and they wounded him in the head, and treated him shamefully.
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"And he sentanother, and that one they killed; and so with manyothers, beatingsome and killingothers*.
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"He hadonemore to send, a belovedson; he sent him last of all to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'
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"But thosevine-growerssaid to oneanother, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!'
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"They took him, and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard.
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"What will the owner of the vineyarddo? He will come and destroy the vine-growers, and will give the vineyard to others.
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"Have you not evenreadthisScripture:'4THE STONEWHICH THE BUILDERSREJECTED,THISBECAME THE CHIEFCORNER stone;
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5THISCAME ABOUT FROM THE LORD,AND IT IS MARVELOUS IN OUR EYES '?"