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Again he sent other servants more than the first: and they did to them in like manner.
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But last of all he sent to them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
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But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
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And they caught him, and cast [him] out of the vineyard, and slew [him].
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When therefore the Lord of the vineyard cometh, what will he do to those husbandmen?
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They say to him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out [his] vineyard to other husbandmen, who will render him the fruits in their seasons.
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Jesus saith to them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes?
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Therefore I say to you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits of it.
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And whoever shall fall on this stone, shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
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And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke of them.
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But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.