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So they answered Yeshua, "We don't know." And he replied, "Then I won't tell you by what s'mikhah I do these things.

Which of the two did what his father wanted?" "The first," they replied. "That's right!" Yeshua said to them. "I tell you that the tax-collectors and prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God ahead of you!

So he sent some other servants, more than the first group, and they did the same to them.

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and take his inheritance!'

So they grabbed him, threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

They answered him, "He will viciously destroy those vicious men and rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the crop when it's due."

As the head cohanim and the P'rushim listened to his stories, they saw that he was speaking about them.

But they weren't interested and went off, one to his farm, another to his business;

The slaves went out into the streets, gathered all the people they could find, the bad along with the good; and the wedding hall was filled with guests.

They sent him some of their talmidim and some members of Herod's party. They said, "Rabbi, we know that you tell the truth and really teach what God's way is. You aren't concerned with what other people think about you, since you pay no attention to a person's status.

"The Emperor's," they replied. Yeshua said to them, "Nu, give the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor. And give to God what belongs to God!"

On hearing this, they were amazed; and they left him and went away.

Everything they do is done to be seen by others; for they make their t'fillin broad and their tzitziyot long,

they love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues,

and they love being greeted deferentially in the marketplaces and being called ‘Rabbi.'

"Woe to you hypocritical Torah-teachers and P'rushim! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of robbery and self-indulgence.

When he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the talmidim came to him privately. "Tell us," they said, "when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that you are coming, and that the ‘olam hazeh is ending?"

For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah!' and they will lead many astray.

"Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, all the tribes of the Land will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with tremendous power and glory.

He will send out his angels with a great shofar; and they will gather together his chosen people from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.