The Parable of the Tenant Farmers in the Vineyard
1 And he began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard, and put a fence [around it], and dug a trough for the winepress, and built a watchtower, and leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey.
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And he sent a slave to the tenant farmers at the proper time, so that he could collect [some] of the fruit of the vineyard from the tenant farmers.
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And they seized him [and] beat [him] and sent [him] away empty-handed.
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And again he sent to them another slave, and that one they struck on the head and dishonored.
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And he sent another, and that one they killed. And [he sent] many others, [some] of whom they beat and [some] of whom they killed.
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He had one more, a beloved son. Last [of all] he sent him to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'
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But those tenant farmers said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and the inheritance will be ours!'
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And they seized [and] killed him and threw him out of the vineyard.
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What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenant farmers and give the vineyard to others.
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Have you not read this scripture: 'The stone which the builders rejected, this has become {the cornerstone}.
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This came about from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?"