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Which of the two did the will of his father ?"
They said , "
The first ."
Jesus said to them , "
Truly ,
I say to you ,
the tax collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you .
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For John came to you in the way of righteousness ,
and you did not believe him ,
but the tax collectors and the harlots believed him ;
and even when you saw it ,
you did not afterward repent and believe him .
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Hear another parable .
There was a householder who planted a vineyard ,
and set a hedge around it ,
and dug a wine press in it ,
and built a tower ,
and let it out to tenants ,
and went into another country .
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When the season of fruit drew near ,
he sent his servants to the tenants ,
to get his fruit ;
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and the tenants took his servants and beat one ,
killed another ,
and stoned another .
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Again he sent other servants ,
more than the first ;
and they did the same to them .
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Afterward he sent his son to them ,
saying , `
They will respect my son .'
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But when the tenants saw the son ,
they said to themselves , `
This is the heir ;
come ,
let us kill him and have his inheritance .'
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And they took him and cast him out of the vineyard ,
and killed him .
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When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes ,
what will he do to those tenants ?"
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They said to him , "
He will put those wretches to a miserable death ,
and let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons ."
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Jesus said to them , "
Have you never read in the scriptures : `
The very stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner ;
this was the Lord '
s doing ,
and it is marvelous in our eyes '?
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Therefore I tell you ,
the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation producing the fruits of it ."
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When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables ,
they perceived that he was speaking about them .