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âThen the owner of the vineyard said, âWhat shall I do? I will send my son, whom I love; perhaps they will respect him.â
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âBut when the tenants saw him, they talked the matter over. âThis is the heir,â they said. âLetâs kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.â
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So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. âWhat then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
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He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.âWhen the people heard this, they said, âGod forbid!â
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Jesus looked directly at them and asked, âThen what is the meaning of that which is written: â âThe stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstoneâ[a]?
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Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.â