Luke:20:9-19

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* Then began he to speak to the people this parable ; A certain man planted a vineyard , and let it forth to husbandmen , and went into a far country for a long time . * And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen , that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard : but the husbandmen beat him , and sent him away empty . * And again he sent another servant : and they beat him also , and entreated him shamefully , and sent him away empty . * And again he sent a third : and they wounded him also , and cast him out . * Then said the lord of the vineyard , What shall I do ? I will send my beloved son : it may be they will reverence him when they see 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 be ours . * So they cast him out of the vineyard , and killed him . What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them ? * He shall come and destroy these husbandmen , and shall give the vineyard to others . And when they heard it , they said , God forbid . * And he beheld them , and said , What is this then that is written , The stone which the builders rejected , the same is become the head of the corner ? * Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken ; but on whomsoever it shall fall , it will grind him to powder . * And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him ; and they feared the people : for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them .

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