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`And at last he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son;
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and the husbandmen having seen the son, said among themselves, This is the heir, come, we may kill him, and may possess his inheritance;
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and having taken him, they cast [him] out of the vineyard, and killed him;
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whenever therefore the lord of the vineyard may come, what will he do to these husbandmen?'
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They say to him, `Evil men -- he will evilly destroy them, and the vineyard will give out to other husbandmen, who will give back to him the fruits in their seasons.'
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Jesus saith to them, `Did ye never read in the Writings, A stone that the builders disallowed, it became head of a corner; from the Lord hath this come to pass, and it is wonderful in our eyes.
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`Because of this I say to you, that the reign of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth its fruit;
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and he who is falling on this stone shall be broken, and on whomsoever it may fall it will crush him to pieces.'
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And the chief priests and the Pharisees having heard his similes, knew that of them he speaketh,
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and seeking to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, seeing they were holding him as a prophet.