Hi, I'm Kelly Mowrer, and
welcome to His Words are Life.
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I'll be reading today from
the King James Version, and
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part of what we're going
to read today has one of my
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favorite stories about
a miracle of Jesus. It was
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the two blind men who were
so desperate to get to God, for
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healing, they cried out. The
People told them to hush, and
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just sit quietly by; but
they wouldn't hush. They were
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desperate to get what they knew
they could only get from Jesus.
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And that's the way that
we should be. We should be
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as desperate for only what
we can see here in the Word,
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hungry for these words of life.
And the change they will bring
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unto us - the vision and
the sight they will give to us.
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Before we go to these words
today, let's go to God in prayer
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Oh, God, thank you so much
for the sight and the vision
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that you give to us through
your Holy Word. Thank you for
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the blessing of this precious
message to us. Help us to hunger
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and thirst after it, and
fill our souls with the beauty
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of this nourishment from heaven.
We ask all of these things in
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Jesus name. We love you. Amen.
I'm reading today from the book
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of Matthew, the
King James version,
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beginning with chapter twenty.
For the kingdom of heaven
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is like unto a man
that is an householder,
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which went out early in
the morning to hire labourers
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into his vineyard. And when
he had agreed with the labourers
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for a penny a day, he
sent them into his vineyard.
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And when he went out about
the third hour, and saw others
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standing idle in the
market place and said unto them,
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God ye also into the vineyard,
and whatsoever is right I will
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give you. And they went their
way. Again he went out about
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the sixth and the
ninth hour, and did likewise.
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And about the eleventh hour
he went out, and found others
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standing idle, and saith
unto them. Why stand ye here
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all the day idle? They say unto
him, Because no man hath hired
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us. He saith unto them,
Go ye also into the vineyard;
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and whatsoever is right, that
shall ye receive. So when even
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was come, the lord of the
vineyard saith unto his steward,
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Call the labourers, and
give them their hire, beginning
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from the last unto the first and
when they came that were hired
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about the eleventh hour,
they received every man a penny.
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But when the first came, they
supposed that they should have
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received more; and they
likewise received every man
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a penny. And when they
had received it, they murmured
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against the goodman of the
house, saying, These last have
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wrought but one hour, and thou
hast made them equal unto us,
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which have borne the burden and
heat of the day. But he answered
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one of them, and said, Friend,
I do thee no wrong; didst not
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thou agree with me for a penny?
Take that thine is, and go thy
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way: I will give unto
this last, even as unto thee.
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Is it not lawful for me to
do what I will with mine own?
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Is thine eye evil, because I am
good? So the last shall be first
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and the first last: for
many be called but few chosen.
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And Jesus, going up to Jerusalem
took the twelve disciples apart
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in the way, and said
unto them, Behold, we go up to
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Jerusalem; and the Son of man
shall be betrayed unto the chief
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priests and unto the scribes,
and they shall condemn him
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to death, and shall deliver
him to the Gentiles to mock,
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and to scourge, and to crucify
him: and the third day he shall
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rise again. Then came to him
the mother of Zebedee's children
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with her sons, worshipping him,
and desiring a certain thing of
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him. And he said unto her, What
wilt thou? She saith unto him,
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Grant that these my two sons
may sit, the one on thy right
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hand and the other on
the left in thy kingdom.
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But Jesus answered and
said, Ye know not what ye ask.
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Are ye able to drink of the cup
that I shall drink of, and to be
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baptized with the
baptism that I am baptized with?
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They say unto him, We are
able. And he saith unto them,
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Ye shall drink indeed of my cup,
and be baptized with the baptism
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that I am baptized with: but to
sit on my right hand, and on my
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left, is not mine to give, but
it shall be given to them for
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whom it is prepared of
my Father. And when the ten
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heard it, they were moved
with indignation against the two
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brethren. But Jesus called them
unto him, and said, Ye know that
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the princes of the Gentiles
exercise dominion over them,
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and they that are great
exercise authority upon them.
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But it shall not be so among
you: but whosoever will be great
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among you, let him be your
minister; and whosoever will
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be chief among you, let him
be your servant: Even as the Son
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of man came not to be ministered
unto, but to minister, and to
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give his life a ransom
for many. And as they departed
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from Jericho, a great multitude
followed him. And behold,
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two blind men sitting by the way
side, when they heard that Jesus
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passed by, cried out, saying,
Have mercy on us, O Lord,
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thou son of David. And
the multitude rebuked them,
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because they should hold their
peace: but they cried the more,
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saying, Have mercy on us,
O Lord, thou Son of David.
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And Jesus stood still,
and called them, and said,
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What will ye that I shall
do unto you? They say unto him,
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Lord, that our eyes may be
opened. So Jesus had compassion
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on them, and touched their
eyes: and immediately their eyes
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received sight,
and they followed him.
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I am reading from
Matthew, chapter twenty-one.
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And when they drew nigh
unto Jerusalem, and were come to
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Bethphage, unto the mount
of Olives, then sent Jesus
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two disciples, saying unto them,
Go into the village over against
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you and straightway ye shall
find an ass tied, and a colt
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with her: loose them, and bring
them unto me. And if any man
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say aught unto you, ye shall
say The Lord hath need of them,
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and straightway he will
send them. All this was done,
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that it might be fulfilled
which was spoken by the prophet,
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saying, Tell ye the daughter
of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh
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unto thee, meek, and sitting
upon an ass, and a colt the foal
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of an ass. And the disciples
went, and did as Jesus commanded
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them, and brought the ass, and
the colt, and put on them their
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clothes, and they set
him thereon, and a very great
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multitude spread
their garments in the way;
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others cut down branches from
the trees, and strawed them in
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the way. And the multitudes that
went before, and that followed,
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cried, saying, Hosanna to
the son of David: Blessed is he
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that cometh in the name of the
Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
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And when he was come into
Jerusalem, all the city was
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moved, saying, Who is this? And
the multitude said This is Jesus
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the prophet of Nazareth of
Galilee. And Jesus went into
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the temple of God, and cast out
all them that sold and bought
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in the temple, and overthrew
the tables of the moneychangers,
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and the seats of them that sold
doves, and said unto them, It is
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written, My house shall be
called the house of prayer;
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but ye have made it a den of
thieves. And the blind and the
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lame came to him in the temple;
and he healed them. And when
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the chief priests and
scribes saw the wonderful things
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that he did, and the children
crying in the temple, and saying
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Hosanna to the son of David;
they were sore displeased,
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and said unto him, Hearest thou
what these say? And Jesus saith
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unto them, Yea; have ye never
read, Out of the mouth of babes
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and sucklings thou
has perfected praise?
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And he left them, and went
out of the city into Bethany;
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and he lodged there. Now in the
morning as he returned into the
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city, he hungered. And when
he saw a fig tree in the way,
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he came to it, and found nothing
thereon, but leaves only,
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and said unto it, Let no
fruit grow on thee henceforward
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forever. And presently the
fig tree withered away. And when
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the disciples saw it,
they marveled, saying, How soon
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is the fig tree withered away!
Jesus answered and said unto
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them, Verily I say unto you,
If ye have faith, and doubt not,
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ye shall not only do this
which is done to the fig tree,
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but also if ye shall say unto
this mountain, Be thou removed,
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and be thou cast into the sea;
it shall be done. And all things
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whatsoever ye shall ask in
prayer, believing, ye shall
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receive. And when he
was come into the temple,
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the chief priests and
the elders of the people came
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unto him as he was teaching,
and said, by what authority
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doest thou these things?
and who gave the this authority?
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And Jesus answered and said
unto them, I also will ask you
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one thing, which if ye tell
me, I in like wise will tell you
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by what authority I do these
things. The baptism of John,
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whence was it? from heaven, or
of men? And they reasoned with
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themselves, saying, If we shall
say, From heaven; he will say
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unto us, Why did ye not then
believe him? But if we shall say
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Of men; we fear the people; for
they all hold John as a prophet.
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And they answered Jesus,
and said, We cannot tell.
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And he said unto them, Neither
tell I you by what authority
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I do these things. But
what think ye? A certain man
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had two sons; and he came to
the first and said, Son, go work
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today in my vineyard. He
answered and said, I will not:
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but afterward he repented, and
went. And he came to the second,
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and said likewise. And he
answered and said, I go, sir:
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and went not. Whether of them
twain did the will of his father
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They say unto him, The
first. Jesus saith unto them,
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Verily I say unto you, That
the publicans and the harlots
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go into the
kingdom of God before you.
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For John came unto you in
the way of righteousness, and ye
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believed him not: but
the publicans and the harlots
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believed him: and ye, when
ye had seen it, repented not
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afterward that ye might believe
him. Hear another parable:
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There was a certain householder,
which planted a vineyard,
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and hedged it round about, and
digged a winepress in it, and
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built a tower, and let it out
to husbandmen, and went into a
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far country: And when the time
of the fruit drew near, he sent
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his servants to the husbandmen,
that they might receive the
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fruits of it. And the husbandmen
took his servants, and beat one,
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and killed another, and stoned
another. Again, he sent other
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servants more than the first:
and they did unto them likewise.
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But last of all he sent
unto them his son, saying,
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They will reverence my
son. But when the husbandmen
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saw the son, they said among
themselves, This is the heir;
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come, let us kill him, and
let us seize on his inheritance.
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And they caught him, and
cast him out of the vineyard,
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and slew him. When the
lord therefore of the vineyard
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cometh, what will he
do unto those husbandmen?
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They say unto him, He
will miserably destroy those
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wicked men, and will let
out his vineyard unto other
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husbandmen, which shall render
him the fruits in their seasons.
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Jesus saith unto them, Did
ye never read in the scriptures,
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The stone which the builders
rejected, the same is become
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the head of the corner: this
is the Lord's doing, and it is
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marvelous in our eyes?
Therefore say I unto you,
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The kingdom of God shall be
taken from you, and given to
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a nation bringing forth the
fruits thereof. And whosoever
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shall fall on this stone shall
be broken: but on whomsoever
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it shall fall, it will grind him
to powder. And when the chief
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priests and Pharisees had heard
his parables, they perceived
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that he spake of them. But when
they sought to lay hands on him,
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they feared the
multitude, because they took him
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for a prophet. - I'm reading
from the book of Matthew,
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chapter 22. - And Jesus answered
and spake unto them again by
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parables, and said, The kingdom
of heaven is like unto a certain
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king, which made a marriage
for his son, And sent forth
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his servants to call them
that were bidden to the wedding:
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and they would not come. Again,
he sent forth other servants,
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saying, Tell them which are
bidden, Behold, I have prepared
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my dinner: my oxen and my
fatlings are killed, and all
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things are ready: come unto the
marriage. But they made light of
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it and went their ways,
one to his farm, another to his
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merchandise: And the remnant
took his servants, and entreated
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them spitefully, and slew them.
But when the king heard thereof,
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he was wroth: and he sent forth
his armies, and destroyed those
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murderers, and burned up
their city. Then saith he
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to his servants, The wedding
is ready, but they which were
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bidden were not worthy. Go
ye therefore into the highways
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and as many as ye shall
find, bid to the marriage.
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So those servants went out
into the highways, and gathered
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together all as many as
they found, both bad and good:
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and the wedding was
furnished with guests.
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Thank you again for joining me.
for the reading of God's word.
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Until we're together again,
may God bless you and keep you,
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always in His care. Goodbye.
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