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? 116 ours. So, they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What I therefore, shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them? He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. " This parable shows that the coming of the son is for punishment because of their intransigence in the matter of payment of the revenues of the garden. God, therefore, sent His son so that he brings home the charge against them to punish them. This parable thus runs counter to the Messiah's statement: "For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. " Again, it is said that the Messiah (peace be on him) told his disciples: "Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. " (Matthew, 28: 19) WAS JESUS SON OF MAN? On several other occasions, besides those pointed out above, the Messiah (peace be on him) claimed to be the Son of God, the Great. But we should not lose sight of the fact that whereas the Messiah (peace be on him) claimed for himself the status of the Son of God, even