Matthew 21:28-22:14 But what seems to you A man had two children; and having come to the first, he said, Child, retire to-day, work in my vineyard.

JuliaSmith⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁸ But what seems to you A man had two children; and having come to the first, he said, Child, retire to-day, work in my vineyard. ²⁹ And he, having answered, said, I will not; but afterward, having felt regret, he departed. ³⁰ And having come to the second, he said likewise. And he, having answered, said, I, Lord: and he departed not. ³¹ Which of the two did the father's will? They say to him, The first. Jesus says to them, Truly I say to you, that publicans and harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. ³² For John came to you in the way of justice, and ye believed him not: and the publicans and harlots believed him; and ye, seeing, repented not afterwards, to believe him. ³³ Hear another parable: A certain man was master of a house, who planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around it, and digged in it a winepress, and let it out to farmers, and went abroad: ³⁴ And when the time of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to receive his parts. ³⁵ And the farmers having taken his servants, truly one they stripped, and one they killed, and one they stoned. ³⁶ Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did to them likewise. ³⁷ And afterwards he sent to them his son, saying, They will be changed by my son. ³⁸ And the farmers, seeing the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and possess his inheritance. ³⁹ And having taken, they cast out of the vineyard, and killed. ⁴⁰ When, therefore, the lord of the vineyard should come, what will he do to those farmers? ⁴¹ They say to him, He will miserably destroy these wicked, and let out the vineyard to other farmers, who will give back to him the fruits in their seasons. ⁴² Jesus says to them, Have ye never read in the writings, The stone which the builders disapproved of, this was for the head of the corner? This was from the Lord, and it was wonderful in your eyes. ⁴³ For this I say to you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and shall be given to a nation doing its fruits. ⁴⁴ And he falling upon this stone shall be crushed: but upon whomsoever it should fall, it shall winnow him. ⁴⁵ And the chief priests and Pharisees, having heard his parable, knew that he spake of them. ⁴⁶ And seeking to lay hold on him, they feared the crowd, since they held him as a prophet. ²² ¹ And Jesus, having answered, spake to them in parables, saying, ² The kingdom of the heavens was likened to a man, a king, who made a nuptial feast for his son. ³ And he sent his servants to those having been called to the nuptial feast: and they would not come. ⁴ And again, he sent other servants, saying, Say to the called: Behold, I have prepared my supper; my bulls and stall-fed killed, and all prepared: come to the nuptials. ⁵ And they, not having heeded, departed, one truly to his own field, and one to his traffic: ⁶ And the rest, having seized his servants, were insolent, and killed them. ⁷ And the king, having heard, was angry, and having sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city. ⁸ Then says he to his servants, Truly the nuptial feast is prepared, and those called were not worthy. ⁹ Go ye, therefore, to the passages of the ways, and as many as ye should find, call to the nuptial feast. ¹⁰ And those servants, having come to the ways, gathered together all, as many as they found, also both the evil and good, and the nuptial feast was filled with the reclining. ¹¹ And the king, having come in to behold the reclining, saw there a man not clad with the garment of the wedding: ¹² And he says to him, Friend, how camest thou in here, not having a garment of the nuptial feast? And he was muzzled. ¹³ Then said the king to his servants, Having bound his feet and hands, take him away, and cast ye him into outer darkness; weeping shall be there, and gnashing of teeth. ¹⁴ For many are called, and few chosen.