Luke:20:9-19

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* Then he began to tell the people this parable . "There was a man who planted a vineyard , and let it out to vine-dressers , and went to another country for a long time . * "At harvest-time he sent a slave to the vine-dressers , to ask them to give him a share of the crop ; but the vine-dresser beat him and sent him away empty-handed . * "Then he sent another slave ; and him also they flogged and handled shamefully and sent him away empty-handed . * "Then he sent yet a third , and him to they wounded and threw him out . * "Then the master of the vineyard said . "What shall I do ? I will send my beloved Son ; it may be that they will reverence him . * "But when the vine-dressers saw him , they reasoned together , saying . This is the heir . Let us kill him so that the inheritance may be ours . * "So they turned him out of the vineyard and killed him . "What will the master of the vineyard do to them ? * "He will come and destroy those vine-dressers , and will give the vineyard to others ." * He looked at them and said . "Then what does this scripture mean . "The stone which the builders rejected , the same was made the head of the corner ? * "Every one who falls on that stone will be broken in pieces ; but whoever it falls upon will be scattered as dust ." * At this the Scribes and the high priests were seeking to arrest him ; only they were afraid of the people . For they perceived that he had referred to them in this parable .

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