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So He said, "A nobleman went to a distant country to obtain for himself a kingdom, and [then] to return.

"So he called ten of his servants, and gave them ten minas [one apiece, each equal to about a hundred days' wages] and said to them, 'Do business [with this] until I return.'

So those who were sent left and found the colt just as He had told them.

So they replied that they did not know from where it came.

"At harvest time he sent a servant [as his representative] to the tenants, so that they would give him his share of the fruit of the vineyard; but the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.

"So he again sent another servant; they also beat him and dishonored and treated him disgracefully and sent him away empty-handed.

"But when the tenants saw him, they discussed it among themselves, saying, 'This [man] is the heir; let us kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.'

"So they threw the son out of the vineyard and killed him. What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

So they watched [for a chance to trap] Him. They sent spies who pretended to be upright and sincere, in order that they might catch Him in some statement [that they could distort and use against Him], so that they could turn Him over to the control and authority of [Pilate] the governor.

"So in the [life after] resurrection, whose wife does she become? For all seven had married her."

"Now He is not the God of the dead, but of the living [so these forefathers will be among the resurrected]; for all live [in a definite relationship] to Him."

Some of the scribes replied, "Teacher, you have spoken well [so that there is no room for blame]."

"So David calls Him (the Son) 'Lord,' and how then is He David's son?"

"So make up your minds not to prepare beforehand to defend yourselves;

for these are days of vengeance [of rendering full justice or satisfaction], so that all things which are written will be fulfilled.

"So you too, when you see these things happening, know [without any doubt] that the kingdom of God is near.

"But be on guard, so that your hearts are not weighed down and depressed with the giddiness of debauchery and the nausea of self-indulgence and the worldly worries of life, and then that day [when the Messiah returns] will not come on you suddenly like a trap;

So he consented, and began looking for a good opportunity to betray Jesus to them [at a time when He was] separated from the crowd [because the people might riot or stop them from seizing Him].

So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover meal for us, so that we may eat it."

So Pilate asked Him, "Are You the King of the Jews?" And He answered him, "It is just as you say."