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Then He began to speak to the people this parable: "A certain man planted a vineyard and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.
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And at the season, he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the husbandmen beat him and sent him away empty.
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And again he sent another servant; and they beat him also, and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
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And again he sent a third; and they wounded him also and cast him out.
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Then said the lord of the vineyard, `What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; it may be they will reverence him when they see him.'
Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved.