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"What do you think? A man had two sons; he went to the first and said, "Son, go and work in the vineyard today.'
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He answered, "I will not'; but later he changed his mind and went.
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The father went to the second and said the same; and he answered, "I go, sir'; but he did not go.
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Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you.
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For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him; and even after you saw it, you did not change your minds and believe him.
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"Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenants and went to another country.
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When the harvest time had come, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his produce.
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But the tenants seized his slaves and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
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Again he sent other slaves, more than the first; and they treated them in the same way.
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Finally he sent his son to them, saying, "They will respect my son.'
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But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, "This is the heir; come, let us kill him and get his inheritance.'