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He had yet one, a beloved son: he sent him 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 inheritance shall be ours.
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And they took him, and killed him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard.
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What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.
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Have ye not read even this scripture: The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner;
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This was from the Lord, And it is marvellous in our eyes?
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And they sought to lay hold on him; and they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spake the parable against them: and they left him, and went away.
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And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, that they might catch him in talk.
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And when they were come, they say unto him, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and carest not for any one; for thou regardest not the person of men, but of a truth teachest the way of God: Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
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Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why make ye trial of me? bring me a denarius, that I may see it.
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And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.