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Again he sent other servants, more than the first; and they did the same to them.
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Afterward 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 have his inheritance.'
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And they took him and cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
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When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?"
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They said to him, "He will put those wretches to a miserable death, and let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons."
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Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the scriptures: 'The very stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner; this was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?
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Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation producing the fruits of it."
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When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he was speaking about them.
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But when they tried to arrest him, they feared the multitudes, because they held him to be a prophet.