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Matthew 21:39

Verse 39 of 46. The 21st of 28 chapters in Matthew, in The Gospels.

35The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

36Again, he sent other servants more than the first; and they treated them the same way.

37But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

38But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and seize his inheritance.’

39So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard, then killed him.

40When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?”

41They told him, “He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers who will give him the fruit in its season.”

42Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes’?

43“Therefore I tell you, God’s Kingdom will be taken away from you and will be given to a nation producing its fruit.

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