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Andat the season he sent a servantto the husbandmen,that they should givehimof the fruit of the vineyard:but the husbandmenbeathim, and sent him awayempty.
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Andagain he sentanotherservant:and they beat him also,and entreated him shamefully, and sent him awayempty.
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Andagain he sent a third:and they woundedhimalso, and cast him out.
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Thensaid the lord of the vineyard,What shall I do? I will sendmybelovedson: it may be they will reverence him when they seehim.
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But when the husbandmensawhim, they reasonedamongthemselves,saying, Thisis the heir:come, let us killhim,that the inheritance may beours.
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So they casthim out of the vineyard, and killed him. Whatthereforeshall the lord of the vineyarddo unto them?
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He shall comeanddestroythesehusbandmen,and shall give the vineyard to others.And when they heard it, they said, God forbid*.
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And he beheldthem, and said, Whatisthisthen that is written, The stonewhich the buildersrejected, the same is become the headof the corner?
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Whosoever shall falluponthatstone shall be broken; butonwhomsoeverit shall fall, it will grindhim to powder.
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And the chief priestsand the scribes the same*hoursought to layhandsonhim;and they feared the people:for they perceivedthat he had spokenthisparableagainstthem.
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And they watched him, and sent forthspies, which should feign*themselves just men,that they might take hold of hiswords, that so they might deliverhim unto the powerandauthority of the governor.