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Mk 12:7b ... "This one is the heir, come let us kill him,' ..."

The 2nd and 3rd phrases have these 7 dialog words ...Outos estin ho klēronomos, deute apokteinōmen auton ("This one is the heir, come let us kill him'").

The 7 dialog words said by Jesus are top down from his lips to the triangles holding the top two farmers. The same 7 dialog words said by the Farmers are top down, tangent from Jesus, then to all four Farmers, then down to "Him," the Beloved Son. Jesus, the narrator, is talking about himself in this parable. The "land workers" represent the Temple Officials, the vineyard is the land of Israel and its people. The land workers are in a conspirancy to kill Jesus, this one, the beloved Son, the heir of God the Father. The harvest, the fruit, are the souls of its people. The land workers naively think that after killing the son they will claim the vineyard as their own inheritance with no consequenses.

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