Mark 12:1 References
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aAnd He began to speak to them in parables: "bA man cPLANTED A VINEYARD AND PUT A WALL AROUND IT, AND DUG A VAT UNDER THE WINE PRESS AND BUILT A TOWER, and rented it out to vine-growers and went on a journey.
b Matthew 21:33-46, Luke 20:9-19
Matthew 21
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"Listen to another parable. aThere was a landowner who bPLANTED A cVINEYARD AND PUT A WALL AROUND IT AND DUG A WINE PRESS IN IT, AND BUILT A TOWER, and rented it out to vine-growers and dwent on a journey.
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"When the harvest time approached, he asent his slaves to the vine-growers to receive his produce.
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"The vine-growers took his slaves and beat one, and killed another, and stoned a third.
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"Again he asent another group of slaves larger than the first; and they did the same thing to them.
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"But afterward he sent his son to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'
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"But when the vine-growers saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.'
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"They took him, and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
40
"Therefore when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-growers?"
41
They said to Him, "He will bring those wretches to a wretched end, and awill rent out the vineyard to other vine-growers who will pay him the proceeds at the proper seasons."
42
Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures, 'aTHE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED, THIS BECAME THE CHIEF CORNER stone; THIS CAME ABOUT FROM THE Lord, AND IT IS MARVELOUS IN OUR EYES'?
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"Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people, producing the fruit of it.
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"And ahe who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust."
45
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking about them.
46
When they sought to seize Him, they afeared the people, because they considered Him to be a bprophet.
Luke 20
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aAnd He began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard and rented it out to vine-growers, and went on a journey for a long time.
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"At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, so that they would give him some of the produce of the vineyard; but the vine-growers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
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"And he proceeded to send another slave; and they beat him also and treated him shamefully and sent him away empty-handed.
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"And he proceeded to send a third; and this one also they wounded and cast out.
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"The owner of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will arespect him.'
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"But when the vine-growers saw him, they reasoned with one another, saying, 'This is the heir; let us kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.'
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"So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
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"He will come and adestroy these vine-growers and will give the vineyard to others." When they heard it, they said, "bMay it never be!"
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But Jesus looked at them and said, "What then is this that is written: 'aTHE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED, THIS BECAME bTHE CHIEF CORNER stone'?