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The lord of the vineyard said: What shall I do? I will send my dear son. Perhaps they will look upon him, and be ashamed.

But when the cultivators saw him, they reasoned with themselves, and said: This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.

And they cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them?

He will come, and destroy those cultivators, and will lease the vineyard to others. And when they heard [fn] , they said: This shall not be.

And the chief priests and Scribes sought to lay hands on him, at that time; but they were afraid of the people; for they knew, that he spoke this similitude against them.

And they sent to him spies, who feigned themselves righteous men, that they might insnare him in discourse, and deliver him up to a court, and to the authority of the president.

And they questioned him, and said to him: Teacher, we know that thou speakest and teachest correctly, and hast no respect of persons, but teachest the way of God in truth.

Show me a denarius. Whose is this image and superscription upon it? They said to him, Caesar's.

26 And they could not catch from him a word [fn] before the people: and they were surprised at his answers, and were silent.

And again, the third took her, and in like manner also all the seven; and they died, and left no children.

But they who are worthy of that world, and of the resurrection from the dead, do not take wives, nor are wives given to husbands.

Neither can they die any more; for they are as the angels, and are the children of God, because they are children of the resurrection.

And they did not again venture to question him, on any matter.

And they questioned him, and said: Teacher, when will these things be? And what is the sign that they are near to take place?

But before all these things, they will lay hands upon you, and will persecute you, and will deliver you up to councils and to prison, and will arraign you before kings and governors, on account of my name.

And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be carried captive to every place. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles shall be completed.

And then will they see the Son of man coming in the clouds, with much power, and with great glory.

And the chief priests and Scribes sought how they might kill him, for they were afraid of the people.

And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.

And they said to him: Where wilt thou, that we prepare?