1. And He began to speak
to them in parables: "A man PLANTED A VINEYARD, AND
PUT A WALL AROUND IT, AND DUG A VAT UNDER THE WINE
PRESS, AND BUILT A TOWER, and rented it out to
vine-growers and went on a journey.
2. "And at the [harvest]
time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, in order to
receive [some] of the produce of the vineyard
from the vine-growers.
3. "And they took him, and beat
him, and sent him away empty-handed.
4. "And again he sent them
another slave, and they wounded him in the head, and
treated him shamefully.
5. "And he sent another, and
that one they killed; and [so with] many
others, beating some, and killing others.
6. "He had one more [to
send,] a beloved son; he sent him last [of
all] to them, saying, 'They will respect my
son.'
7. "But those vine-growers said
to one another, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill
him, and the inheritance will be ours!'
8. "And they took him, and
killed him, and threw him out of the
vineyard.
9. "What will the owner of the
vineyard do? He will come and destroy the
vine-growers, and will give the vineyard to
others.
10. "Have you not even read this
Scripture: 'THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED,
THIS BECAME THE CHIEF CORNER
[stone];
11 THIS CAME ABOUT FROM THE
LORD, AND IT IS MARVELOUS IN OUR EYES'?"
12. And they were seeking to
seize Him; and [yet] they feared the
multitude; for they understood that He spoke the
parable against them. And [so] they left Him,
and went away.
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especially painful you may have used porn as a way of
escape. Unfortunately poor choices usually come back
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Son, Jesus Christ, who has taken your sins upon
Himself. Don’t reject God in anger or by
justifying an indefensible position. After all, in the
end, what will the owner of your vineyard
do?