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And when they had heard these things, he added to speak a parable; because he had drawn nigh to Urishlem, and they expected that in that hour would be revealed the kingdom of Aloha.

And they who were sent went and found as he had told them.

And as they were loosing the colt, the owners of him said to them, Why loose you the colt ?

And they said to them, Because by our Lord it is requested.

And they brought him to Jeshu; and they cast upon the colt their garments, and Jeshu rode upon him.

And as they went, they spread their clothes in the way.

And when he had come nigh to the declivity of the Mount of Olives, the whole assembly of the disciples began to rejoice, and praise Aloha with a high voice, for all the mighty acts which they had seen:

and they said, Blessed be the King who cometh in the name of the Lord ! Peace in the heavens, and glory in the highest !

If thou hadst known these things which are for thy peace, and in this thy day ! But now they are hidden from thine eyes.

and they shall overthrow thee, and thy children within thee, and not leave in thee one stone upon another, [fn] because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

And they said to him, We know not from whence it is.

And at the season he sent his servant to the husbandmen that they should give him of the fruit of the vinery. But the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.

And he added and sent another servant; but they beat him also, and maltreated him, and sent him away empty.

And he added and sent a third; but they also wounded him, and cast him out.

The lord of the vinery saith, What shall I do? I will send my son, the beloved; now will they see him and reverence him.

But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.

And they cast him out of the vinery, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vinery do to them ?

He will come and destroy those husbandmen, and will give the vinery to others. But when they heard, they said, May this not be !

But the chief priests and Sophree sought to lay hands on him in that very hour; but they feared the people, for they knew that concerning them(selves) he had spoken this parable.

And they sent to him spies, who should resemble just men, that they might take him in discourse, and deliver him to the judgment and to the authority of the governor.