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28 The Parable about Two Sons“But what do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’
29 His son replied, ‘I don’t want to,’ but later he changed his mind and went.
30 Then the father went to the other son and told him the same thing. He replied, ‘I will, sir,’ but he didn’t go.
31 Which of the two did the father’s will?”
They answered, “The first one.”
Jesus told them, “I tell all of you with certainty, tax collectors and prostitutes will get into God’s kingdom ahead of you!
32 John came to you living a righteous life, and you didn’t believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. But even when you saw that, you didn’t change your minds at last and believe him.”
33The Parable about the Tenant Farmers
“Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a wall around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went abroad.
34 When harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenant farmers to collect his produce.
35 But the farmers took his servants and beat one, killed another, and attacked another with stones.
36 Again, he sent other servants to them, a greater number than the first, but the tenant farmers treated them the same way.
37 Finally, he sent his son to them, thinking, ‘They will respect my son.’
38 But when the tenant farmers saw his son, they told one another, ‘This is the heir. Come on, let’s kill him and get his inheritance!’
39 So they grabbed him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
40 Now when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those farmers?”
41 They told him, “He will put those horrible men to a horrible death. Then he will lease the vineyard to other farmers who will give him his produce at harvest time.”
42 Jesus asked them,“Have you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This was the Lord’s doing, and it is amazing in our eyes.’?
43That is why I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce fruit for it.
44 The person who falls over this stone will be broken to pieces, but it will crush anyone on whom it falls.”
45 When the high priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he was talking about them. 46 Although they wanted to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds, who considered Jesus to be a prophet.
They answered, “The first one.”
Jesus told them,
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41 They told him, “He will put those horrible men to a horrible death. Then he will lease the vineyard to other farmers who will give him his produce at harvest time.”
42 Jesus asked them,
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45 When the high priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he was talking about them. 46 Although they wanted to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds, who considered Jesus to be a prophet.