Luke 20:9 References
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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.
a Matthew 21:33-46, Mark 12:1-12
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.
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"Therefore when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-growers?"
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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."
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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."
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When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking about them.
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When they sought to seize Him, they afeared the people, because they considered Him to be a bprophet.
Mark 12
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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.
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"At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, in order to receive some of the produce of the vineyard from the vine-growers.
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"They took him, and beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
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"Again he sent them another slave, and they wounded him in the head, and treated him shamefully.
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"And he sent another, and that one they killed; and so with many others, beating some and killing others.
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"He had one more to send, a beloved son; he sent him last of all to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'
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"But those vine-growers said to one another, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!'
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"They took him, and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard.
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"What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vine-growers, and will give the vineyard to others.