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28 But what does it seem to you? A man had two children. And having come to the first, he said, Child, go work today in my vineyard.
29 And having answered, he said, I do not want to, but having repented later, he went.
30 And having come to the second, he said likewise. And having answered, he said, I, sir, and did not go.
31 Which of the two did the will of the father? They say to him, The first. Jesus says to them, Truly I say to you, that the tax collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
32 For John came to you in a way of righteousness, and ye did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the harlots believed him. And having seen it, ye did not repent afterward to believe him.
33 Hear ye another parable. There was a certain man who was a house-ruler, who planted a vineyard, and placed a hedge around it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and leased it to farmers, and went on a journey.
34 And when the time of the fruits approached, he sent his bondmen to the farmers to receive his fruits.
35 And the farmers having taken his bondmen, they beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
36 Again, he sent other bondmen more than the first, and they did to them in like manner.
37 But finally he sent to them his son, saying, They will be made ashamed by my son.
38 But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir, come, let us kill him, and possess his inheritance.
39 And having seized him, they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
40 When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?
41 They say to him, Evil men, he will miserably destroy them, and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers, who will render him the fruits in their seasons.
42 Jesus says to them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone that those who build rejected, this came to be in the head of the corner. This happened from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes?
43 Because of this I say to you, that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing the fruits of it.
44 And he who falls on this stone will be shattered, but on whomever it may fall, it will grind him to dust.
45 And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he spoke about them.
46 And when they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they held him as a prophet.
22 1 And having responded, Jesus again spoke to them in parables, saying,
2 The kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a king who made a wedding for his son.
3 And he sent forth his bondmen to call those who were invited to the wedding festivities, and they did not want to come.
4 Again he sent forth other bondmen, saying, Speak to those who were invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and my fatlings have been killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding festivities.
5 But having disregarded, they departed, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise,
6 and the others having seized his bondmen, abused and killed them.
7 But having heard that, the king was angry, and having sent forth his armies, he destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
8 Then he says to his bondmen, The wedding is indeed ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.
9 Go ye therefore to the crossings of the ways, and as many as ye may find, call to the wedding festivities.
10 And those bondmen having departed into the roads, they gathered together all, as many as they found, both bad and good. And the wedding was filled with those who were dining.
11 But when the king came in to see those who were dining, he saw there a man who was not clothed with a wedding garment.
12 And he says to him, Friend, how did thou come in here not having a wedding garment? But he was speechless.
13 Then the king said to the helpers, After binding him hands and feet, take him away and cast him out into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
14 For many are called, but few chosen.