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"For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

"When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard.

"When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning 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 a ransom for many."

"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.

"When the harvest time approached, he sent his slaves to the vine-growers to receive his produce.

"The vine-growers took his slaves and beat one, and killed another, and stoned a third.

"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 us kill him and seize his inheritance.'

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

"The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son.

"And he sent out 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 way, one to his own farm, another to his business,

and the rest seized his slaves and mistreated them and killed them.

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

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

asking, "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 with us; and the first married and died, and having no children left his wife to his brother;

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

"If David then calls Him 'Lord,' how is He his son?"