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"Now when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, starting with the last group to the first.'

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many."

"And the man came to his second son and said the same thing; and he replied, 'I will, sir'; and yet he did not go.

"Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you that the tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the kingdom of God before you.

"And when the harvest time approached, he sent his slaves to the vine-growers to receive his fruit.

"And the vine-growers took his slaves and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

"But afterward he sent his son to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

"But when the vine-growers saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is the heir; come, let's kill him and take possession of his inheritance!'

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking about them.

"The kingdom of heaven is like a king who held a wedding feast for his son.

"And he sent his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast, and they were unwilling to come.

"But they paid no attention and went their separate ways, one to his own farm, another to his business,

and the rest seized his slaves and treated them abusively, and then killed them.

"Now the king was angry, and he sent his armies and destroyed those murderers and set their city on fire.

"Then he said to his slaves, 'The wedding feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

"Then the king said to the servants, 'Tie his hands and feet, and throw him into the outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth in that place.'

saying, "Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies having no children, his brother as next of kin shall marry his wife, and raise up children for his brother.'

"Now there were seven brothers among us; and the first married and died, and having no children, he left his wife to his brother.

When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.

"Therefore, if David calls Him 'Lord,' how is He his son?"