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And he began to speak unto the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country for a long time.

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And at the season he sent unto the husbandmen a servant, 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 he sent yet another servant: and him also they beat, and handled him shamefully, and sent him away empty.

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And he sent yet a third: and him also they wounded, and cast him forth.

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And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son it may be they will reverence him.

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But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned one with another, saying, This is the heir let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

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And they cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do unto them?

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He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.

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But he looked upon them, and said, What then is this that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner?