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And he began to speak to them in similes: `A man planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around, and digged an under-winevat, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad;
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and he sent unto the husbandmen at the due time a servant, that from the husbandmen he may receive from the fruit of the vineyard,
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and they, having taken him, did severely beat [him], and did send him away empty.
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`And again he sent unto them another servant, and at that one having cast stones, they wounded [him] in the head, and sent away -- dishonoured.
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`And again he sent another, and that one they killed; and many others, some beating, and some killing.
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`Having yet therefore one son -- his beloved -- he sent also him unto them last, saying -- They will reverence my son;
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and those husbandmen said among themselves -- This is the heir, come, we may kill him, and ours shall be the inheritance;
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and having taken him, they did kill, and cast [him] forth without the vineyard.
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`What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.