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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 .
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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 .
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And again he sent another servant :
and they beat him also ,
and entreated him shamefully ,
and sent him away empty .
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And again he sent a third :
and they wounded him also ,
and cast him out .
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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 .
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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 .
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So they cast him out of the vineyard ,
and killed him .
What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them ?
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He shall come and destroy these husbandmen ,
and shall give the vineyard to others .
And when they heard it ,
they said ,
God forbid .
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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 ?
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Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken ;
but on whomsoever it shall fall ,
it will grind him to powder .
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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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And they watched him ,
and sent forth spies ,
which should feign themselves just men ,
that they might take hold of his words ,
that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor .
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And they asked him ,
saying ,
Master ,
we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly ,
neither acceptest thou the person of any ,
but teachest the way of God truly :
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Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar ,
or no ?
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But he perceived their craftiness ,
and said unto them ,
Why tempt ye me ?
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Shew me a penny .
Whose image and superscription hath it ?
They answered and said ,
Caesar '
s .
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And he said unto them ,
Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar '
s ,
and unto God the things which be God '
s .