Matthew 21:28-22:14 But how appeareth it to you? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first and said to him, My son, go, labor to-day in the vineyard.

Murdock⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁸ But how appeareth it to you? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first and said to him, My son, go, labor to-day in the vineyard. ²⁹ And he answered and said, I am not willing. But afterwards he repented and went. ³⁰ And he came to the other, and said the same to him. And he answered and said: I go, my lord, but did not go. ³¹ Which of these two performed the pleasure of his father? They say to him, The first. Jesus said to them: Verily I say to you That publicans and harlots go before you into the kingdom of God. ³² For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the publicans and harlots believed him: and ye, after ye had seen it, did not even then repent and believe in him. ³³ Hear ye another similitude. A certain man, the lord of a house, planted a vineyard, and inclosed it with a hedge, and digged in it a wine-press, and built a tower in it, and leased it to cultivators, and removed to a distance. ³⁴ And when the time for the fruits arrived, he sent his servants to the cultivators that they might remit to him of the fruits of the vineyard. ³⁵ And the cultivators laid hold of his servants, and beat one, and stoned another and one they slew. ³⁶ And again he sent other servants, more numerous than the first; and they did the like to them. ³⁷ And at last he sent to them his son: for he said, Perhaps they will respect my son. ³⁸ But the cultivators, when they saw the son, said among themselves: This is the heir: Come; let us kill him, and retain his inheritance. ³⁹ And they laid hold of him, thrust him out of the vineyard, and slew him. ⁴⁰ When the lord of the vineyard, therefore, shall come; what will he do to those cultivators? ⁴¹ They say to him: He will utterly destroy them; and will lease the vineyard to other cultivators, who will render him the fruits in their seasons. ⁴² Jesus said to them: Have ye never read in the scripture, The stone which the builders rejected, hath become the head of the corner: this is from the Lord; and it is marvellous in our eyes? ⁴³ Therefore I say to you, That the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and shall be given to a people that will yield fruits. ⁴⁴ And whoever shall fall upon this stone, will be fractured; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will crush him to atoms? ⁴⁵ And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his similitudes, they understood that he spoke in reference to them. ⁴⁶ And they sought to apprehend him, but were afraid of the multitude, because they accounted him as a prophet. ²² ¹ And Jesus answered again by similitudes, and said: ² The kingdom of heaven is like to a royal person, who made a feast for his son. ³ And he sent his servants to call those that had been invited, to the feast: and they would not come. ⁴ And again he sent other servants, and said: Tell those invited, Behold, my entertainment is prepared, my oxen and my fatlings are slain, and every thing is prepared; come ye to the feast. ⁵ But they showed contempt, and went away, one to his farm, and another to his merchandise; ⁶ and the rest seized his servants, and abused them, and slew them. ⁷ And when the king heard of it, he was angry; and he sent his military forces, and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city. ⁸ Then said he to his servants, The feast is prepared, but they who were invited were unworthy. ⁹ Go ye therefore to the terminations of the streets; and as many as ye find, bid to the feast. ¹⁰ And those servants went out into the streets, and collected all they found, both bad and good; and the place of feasting was filled with guests. ¹¹ And the king went in to see the guests: and he saw there a man who was not clad in the festal garments. ¹² And he said to him: My friend, how camest thou here without the festal robes? But he was silent. ¹³ Then said the king to the servitors: Bind his hands and his feet, and cast him into the outer darkness: there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. ¹⁴ For the called are many, and the chosen are few.