Luke:20:9-19

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* And he began to speak to the people this parable : A man planted a vineyard and let it out to husbandmen , and left the country for a long time . * And in the season he sent to the husbandmen a bondman , that they might give to him of the fruit of the vineyard ; but the husbandmen , having beaten him , sent [him ] away empty . * And again he sent another bondman ; but they , having beaten him also , and cast insult upon him , sent [him ] away empty . * And again he sent a third ; and they , having wounded him also , cast [him ] out . * And the lord of the vineyard said , What shall I do ? I will send my beloved son : perhaps when they see him they will respect [him ]. * But when the husbandmen saw him , they reasoned among themselves , saying , This is the heir ; [come ,] let us kill him , that the inheritance may become ours . * And having cast him forth out of the vineyard , they killed [him ]. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do to them ? * He will come and destroy those husbandmen , and will give the vineyard to others . And when they heard it they said , May it never be ! * But he looking at them said , What then is this that is written , The stone which they that builded rejected , this has become the corner-stone ? * Every one falling on this stone shall be broken , but on whomsoever it shall fall , it shall grind him to powder . * And the chief priests and the scribes sought the same hour to lay hands on him , and they feared the people ; for they knew that he had spoken this parable of them .

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