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He came to the second and spoke in the same manner. His answer was, "`I will go, Sir.' "But he did not go.
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Which of the two did as his father desired?" "The first," they said. "I solemnly tell you,' replied Jesus, "that the tax-gatherers and the notorious sinners are entering the Kingdom of God in front of you.
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For John came to you observing all sorts of ritual, and you put no faith in him: the tax-gatherers and the notorious sinners did put faith in him, and you, though you saw this example set you, were not even afterwards sorry so as to believe him.
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"Listen to another parable. There was a householder who planted a vineyard, made a fence round it, dug a wine-tank in it, and built a strong lodge; then let the place to vine-dressers, and went abroad.
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When vintage-time approached, he sent his servants to the vine-dressers to receive his share of the grapes;
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but the vine-dressers seized the servants, and one they cruelly beat, one they killed, one they pelted with stones.
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Again he sent another party of servants more numerous than the first; and these they treated in the same manner.
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Later still he sent to them his son, saying, "`They will respect my son.'
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"But the vine-dressers, when they saw the son, said to one another, "`Here is the heir: come, let us kill him and get his inheritance.'
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"So they seized him, dragged him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
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When then the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-dressers?"