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And he began to speak unto them by parables. A
certain man planted a vineyard and set a hedge about
it and dug
a place for the winefat and built a tower and let it out to husbandmen and went far away.
2
And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a slave that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
3
And taking him, they beat him and sent
him away empty.
4
And again he sent unto them another slave, and casting stones at him, they wounded
him in the head and sent
him away shamefully handled.
5
And again he sent another, and him they killed and many others, beating some and killing some.
6
Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
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But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the place shall be ours.
8
And taking hold of him, they killed
him and cast
him out of the vineyard.
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What, therefore, shall the lord of the vineyard do? He shall come and destroy those husbandmen and shall give his vineyard unto others.
10
And have ye not read this scripture: The stone which the builders rejected is placed as the head of the corner;