Matthew 21:27-37
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27 And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
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28 But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
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29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.
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30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
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31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
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32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
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33 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
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34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.
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35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
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36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.
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37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.