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And he began to speak to them in parables . "
A man planted a vineyard ,
and set a hedge around it ,
and dug a pit for the wine press ,
and built a tower ,
and let it out to tenants ,
and went into another country .
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When the time came ,
he sent a servant to the tenants ,
to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard .
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And they took him and beat him ,
and sent him away empty-handed .
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Again he sent to them another servant ,
and they wounded him in the head ,
and treated him shamefully .
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And he sent another ,
and him they killed ;
and so with many others ,
some they beat and some they killed .
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He had still one other ,
a beloved son ;
finally he sent him to them ,
saying , `
They will respect my son .'
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But those tenants said to one another , `
This is the heir ;
come ,
let us kill him ,
and the inheritance will be ours .'
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And they took him and killed him ,
and cast him out of the vineyard .
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What will the owner of the vineyard do ?
He will come and destroy the tenants ,
and give the vineyard to others .
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Have you not read this scripture : `
The very stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner ;
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this was the Lord '
s doing ,
and it is marvelous in our eyes '?"
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And they tried to arrest him ,
but feared the multitude ,
for they perceived that he had told the parable against them ;
so they left him and went away .