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Matthew 21:33-44 (NIRV)

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³³ "Listen to another story. A man who owned some land planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it. He dug a pit for a winepress in it. He also built a lookout tower. He rented the vineyard out to some farmers. Then he went away on a journey. ³⁴ When harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the renters. He told the servants to collect his share of the fruit. ³⁵ "But the renters grabbed his servants. They beat one of them. They killed another. They threw stones at the third to kill him. ³⁶ Then the man sent other servants to the renters. He sent more than he did the first time. The renters treated them the same way. ³⁷ "Last of all, he sent his son to them. 'They will respect my son,' he said. ³⁸ "But the renters saw the son coming. They said to each other, 'This is the one who will receive all the owner's property someday. Come, let's kill him. Then everything will be ours.' ³⁹ So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard. Then they killed him. ⁴⁰ "When the owner of the vineyard comes back, what will he do to those renters?" ⁴¹ "He will destroy those evil people," they replied. "Then he will rent the vineyard out to other renters. They will give him his share of the crop at harvest time." ^{42 43} "So here is what I tell you. The kingdom of God will be taken away from you. It will be given to people who will produce its fruit. ⁴⁴ Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces. But the stone will crush anyone it falls on."

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 35) Prayer of the Righeous - Wiping Away Tears (2012-10-15)
(v. 36) Prayer of the Righeous - Wiping Away Tears (2012-10-15)
(v. 37) Prayer of the Righeous - Wiping Away Tears (2012-10-15)
(v. 41) Names of the Church (part VI) (2011-04-30)
(v. 43) First the Kingdom - Trees (part 3) (2010-02-10)

Definition(s):
Jesus (Jeez-us): savior; deliverer
So (Soh):