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Matthew 21:34-38 English Standard Version (ESV)

34. When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servantsto the tenants to get his fruit.

35. And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

36. Again he sent other servants, more than the first. And they did the same to them.

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

38. But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and have his inheritance.’

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