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And He began to speak unto them by parables: "A certain man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and dug a place for the wine vat, and built a watchtower; and he leased it out to husbandmen and went into a far country.
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And at the harvest season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
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And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
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And again he sent unto 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 wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, `They will reverence my son.'