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28 What do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first one and said to him, My son, go and work today in the vineyard.
29 He answered and said, I do not want to, but later he regretted and went.
30 And he came to the other one and said to him likewise. And he answered and said, Here am I, my Lord, and yet he did not go.
31 Which of these two did the will of his father? They said to him, The first one. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that even the publicans and the harlots will precede you into the kingdom of God.
32 For John came to you in a righteousness way, and you did not believe him; but the publicans and the harlots believed him; but you, even though you saw, did not repent, so that later you may believe him.
33 Hear another parable. There was a man who was a householder, and he planted a vineyard, and fenced it, and he dug in it a winepress, and built a tower, and then he leased it to laborers, and went away on a journey.
34 And when the fruit season was at hand, he sent his servants to the laborers, that they might send him of the fruits of his vineyard.
35 And the laborers seized his servants, and some were beaten, and some were stoned, and some were killed.
36 Again he sent other servants, many more than the first; and they did likewise to them.
37 At last he sent his son to them, saying, They might feel ashamed before my son.
38 But when the laborers saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him and retain his inheritance.
39 So they seized him, and took him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
40 When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those laborers?
41 They said to him, He will destroy them severely, and lease his vineyard to other laborers, who will give him fruits in their seasons.
42 Jesus said to them, Have you never read in the scripture, The stone which the builders rejected, the same became the cornerstone; this was from the Lord, and it is a marvel in our eyes?
43 Therefore I say to you, that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a people who bear fruits.
44 And whoever falls on this stone will be broken, and on whomever it falls it will scatter him.
45 When the high priests and Pharisees heard his parables, they understood that he was speaking against them.
46 So they wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the people, because they regarded him as a prophet.
22 1 AND Jesus answered again by parables, and said,
2 The kingdom of heaven is like a king who gave a marriage-feast for his son.
3 And he sent his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage-feast, but they would not come.
4 Again he sent other servants and said, Tell those who are invited, Behold my supper is ready, and my oxen and fatlings are killed, and everything is prepared; come to the marriage- feast.
5 But they sneered at it, and went away, one to his field, another to his business;
6 And the rest seized his servants and insulted them, and killed them.
7 When the king heard it he was angry; and he sent out his armies and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
8 Then he said to his servants, Now the marriage-feast is ready, and those who were invited were unworthy.
9 Go, therefore, to the main roads, and whomever you may find, invite them to the marriage- feast.
10 So the servants went out to the roads and gathered together every one they could find, bad and good; and the wedding-house was filled with guests.
11 When the king entered to see the guests, he saw there a man who was not wearing wedding garments.
12 And he said to him, My friend, how did you enter here, when you do not have wedding garments? And he was speechless.
13 Then the king said to the servants, Bind his hands and his feet and take him out into darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
14 For many are invited, and few are chosen.