Matthew 21
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Now a when they drew near Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, at b the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
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saying to them, "Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Loose them and bring them to Me.
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"And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord has need of them,' and immediately he will send them."
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All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:
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"Tell c the daughter of Zion,
' Behold, your King is coming to you,
Lowly, and sitting on a donkey,
A colt, the foal of a donkey.' "
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d So the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them.
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They brought the donkey and the colt, e laid their clothes on them, and set Him on them.
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And a very great multitude spread their clothes on the road; f others cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
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Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying:
"Hosanna to the Son of David!
g ' Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!'
Hosanna in the highest!"
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h And when He had come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, "Who is this?"
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So the multitudes said, "This is Jesus, i the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee."
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j Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the k money changers and the seats of those who sold doves.
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And He said to them, "It is written, l 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a m 'den of thieves.' "
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Then the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them.
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But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that He did, and the children crying out in the temple and saying, "Hosanna to the n Son of David!" they were indignant
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and said to Him, "Do You hear what these are saying?" And Jesus said to them, "Yes. Have you never read,
o 'Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants
You have perfected praise'?"
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Then He left them and p went out of the city to Bethany, and He lodged there.
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q Now in the morning, as He returned to the city, He was hungry.
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r And seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, "Let no fruit grow on you ever again." Immediately the fig tree withered away.
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s And when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, "How did the fig tree wither away so soon?"
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So Jesus answered and said to them, "Assuredly, I say to you, t if you have faith and u do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, v but also if you say to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' it will be done.
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"And w whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."
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x Now when He came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people confronted Him as He was teaching, and y said, "By what authority are You doing these things? And who gave You this authority?"
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But Jesus answered and said to them, "I also will ask you one thing, which if you tell Me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things:
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"The z baptism of a John - where was it from? From heaven or from men?" And they reasoned among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'
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"But if we say, 'From men,' we b fear the multitude, c for all count John as a prophet."
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So they answered Jesus and said, "We do not know." And He said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
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"But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, 'Son, go, work today in my d vineyard.'
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"He answered and said, 'I will not,' but afterward he regretted it and went.
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"Then he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and said, 'I go, sir,' but he did not go.
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"Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said to Him, "The first." Jesus said to them, e "Assuredly, I say to you that tax collectors and harlots enter the kingdom of God before you.
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"For f John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him; g but tax collectors and harlots believed him; and when you saw it, you did not afterward relent and believe him.
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"Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner h who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a winepress in it and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and i went into a far country.
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"Now when vintage-time drew near, he sent his servants to the vinedressers, that they might receive its fruit.
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j "And the vinedressers took his servants, beat one, killed one, and stoned another.
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"Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did likewise to them.
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"Then last of all he sent his k son to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'
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"But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said among themselves, l 'This is the heir. m Come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.'
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n "So they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and killed him.
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"Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vinedressers?"
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o They said to Him, p "He will destroy those wicked men miserably, q and lease his vineyard to other vinedressers who will render to him the fruits in their seasons."
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Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the Scriptures:
r 'The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone.
This was the LORD's doing,
And it is marvelous in our eyes' ?
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"Therefore I say to you, s the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it.
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"And t whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, u it will grind him to powder."
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Now when the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they perceived that He was speaking of them.
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But when they sought to lay hands on Him, they v feared the multitudes, because w they took Him for a prophet.
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Cross References
Mark 11:1 - 10
Now when they drew near Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples.
Luke 19:29 - 38
And it came to pass, when He drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mountain called Olivet, that He sent two of His disciples.
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Zechariah 14:4
And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, Which faces Jerusalem on the east. And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two, From east to west, Making a very large valley; Half of the mountain shall move toward the north And half of it toward the south.
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Cross References
Isaiah 62:11
Indeed the LORD has proclaimed To the end of the world: "Say to the daughter of Zion, 'Surely your salvation is coming; Behold, His reward is with Him, And His work before Him.'
Zechariah 9:9
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation, Lowly and riding on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey.
John 12:15
"Fear not, daughter of Zion; Behold, your King is coming, Sitting on a donkey's colt."
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Mark 11:4
So they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door outside on the street, and they loosed it.
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2 Kings 9:13
Then each man hastened to take his garment and put it under him on the top of the steps; and they blew trumpets, saying, "Jehu is king!
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Leviticus 23:40
And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palm trees, the boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.
John 12:13
Took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Him, and cried out: "Hosanna! 'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!' The King of Israel!
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Cross References
Psalms 118:26
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD! We have blessed you from the house of the LORD.
Matthew 23:39
"for I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, 'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!'"
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Cross References
John 2:13
Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
John 2:15
When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers' money and overturned the tables.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 18:15
The LORD your God will raise up for you a Proph...
Deuteronomy 18:18
I will raise up for them a Prophet like you fro...
Matthew 2:23
And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth...
Matthew 16:14
So they said, "Some say John the Baptist, some ...
Luke 4:16 - 29
So He came to Nazareth, where He had been broug...
John 6:14
Then those men, when they had seen the sign tha...
John 7:40
Therefore many from the crowd, when they heard ...
John 9:17
They said to the blind man again, "What do you ...
Acts 3:22
For Moses truly said to the fathers, 'The LORD ...
Acts 3:23
'And it shall be that every soul who will not h...
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Cross References
Malachi 3:1
Behold, I send My messenger, And he will prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, Will suddenly come to His temple, Even the Messenger of the covenant, In whom you delight. Behold, He is coming," Says the LORD of hosts.
Mark 11:15 - 18
So they came to Jerusalem. Then Jesus went into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves.
Luke 19:45 - 47
Then He went into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it.
John 2:13 - 16
Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
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Deuteronomy 14:25
Then you shall exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place which the LORD your God chooses.
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Isaiah 56:7
Even them I will bring to My holy mountain, And make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices Will be accepted on My altar; For My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.
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Jeremiah 7:11
Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of thieves in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, " says the LORD.
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Cross References
Matthew 1:1
The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham:
John 7:42
"Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the seed of David and from the town of Bethlehem, where David was?"
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Cross References
Psalms 8:2
Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have ordained strength, Because of Your enemies, That You may silence the enemy and the avenger.
Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus answered and said, "I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes.
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Cross References
Matthew 26:6
And when Jesus was in Bethany at the house of S...
Mark 11:1
Now when they drew near Jerusalem, to Bethphage...
Mark 11:11
And Jesus went into Jerusalem and into the temp...
Mark 11:12
Now the next day, when they had come out from B...
Mark 14:3
And being in Bethany at the house of Simon the ...
Luke 19:29
And it came to pass, when He drew near to Bethp...
Luke 24:50
And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He l...
John 11:1
Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany,...
John 11:18
Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles...
John 12:1
Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came ...
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Mark 11:12 - 14
Now the next day, when they had come out from Bethany, He was hungry.
Mark 11:20 - 24
Now in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
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Mark 11:13
And seeing from afar a fig tree having leaves, He went to see if perhaps He would find something on it. When He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.
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Mark 11:20
Now in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
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Cross References
Matthew 17:20
So Jesus said to them, "Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
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James 1:6
But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.
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1 Corinthians 13:2
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
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Cross References
Matthew 7:7 - 11
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you...
Mark 11:24
Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask...
Luke 11:9
So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to y...
John 15:7
If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ...
James 5:16
Confess your trespasses to one another, and pra...
1 John 3:22
And whatever we ask we receive from Him, becaus...
1 John 5:14
Now this is the confidence that we have in Him,...
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Cross References
Mark 11:27 - 33
Then they came again to Jerusalem. And as He was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came to Him.
Luke 20:1 - 8
Now it happened on one of those days, as He taught the people in the temple and preached the gospel, that the chief priests and the scribes, together with the elders, confronted Him
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Cross References
Exodus 2:14
Then he said, "Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you intend to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?" So Moses feared and said, "Surely this thing is known!
Acts 4:7
And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, "By what power or by what name have you done this?
Acts 7:27
But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
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John 1:29 - 34
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
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John 1:15 - 28
John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, "This was He of whom I said, 'He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.'
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Matthew 14:5
And although he wanted to put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
Matthew 21:46
But when they sought to lay hands on Him, they feared the multitudes, because they took Him for a prophet.
Luke 20:6
"But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet."
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Matthew 14:5
And although he wanted to put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
Mark 6:20
For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just and holy man, and he protected him. And when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.
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Cross References
Matthew 20:1
For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
Matthew 21:33
Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a winepress in it and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and went into a far country.
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Cross References
Luke 7:29
And when all the people heard Him, even the tax collectors justified God, having been baptized with the baptism of John.
Luke 7:37 - 50
And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at the table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of fragrant oil.
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Cross References
Luke 3:1 - 12
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene.
Luke 7:29
And when all the people heard Him, even the tax collectors justified God, having been baptized with the baptism of John.
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Luke 3:12
Then tax collectors also came to be baptized, and said to him, "Teacher, what shall we do?
Luke 3:13
And he said to them, "Collect no more than what is appointed for you.
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Cross References
Psalms 80:9
You prepared room for it, And caused it to take deep root, And it filled the land.
Mark 12:1 - 12
Then He began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a place for the wine vat and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and went into a far country.
Luke 20:9 - 19
Then He began to tell the people this parable: "A certain man planted a vineyard, leased it to vinedressers, and went into a far country for a long time.
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Cross References
Matthew 25:14
For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them.
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 24:21
So they conspired against him, and at the comma...
2 Chronicles 36:16
But they mocked the messengers of God, despised...
Matthew 23:34
Therefore, indeed, I send you prophets, wise me...
Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the p...
Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets did your fathers not pers...
1 Thessalonians 2:15
Who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own pr...
Hebrews 11:36
Still others had trial of mockings and scourgin...
Hebrews 11:37
They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were t...
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John 3:16
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
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Cross References
Psalms 2:8
Ask of Me, and I will give You The nations for Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth for Your possession.
Hebrews 1:2
Has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds.
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Psalms 2:2
The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against the LORD and against His Anointed, saying.
John 11:53
Then, from that day on, they plotted to put Him to death.
Acts 4:27
For truly against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together
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Cross References
Matthew 26:50
But Jesus said to him, "Friend, why have you come?" Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and took Him.
Mark 14:46
Then they laid their hands on Him and took Him.
Luke 22:54
Having arrested Him, they led Him and brought Him into the high priest's house. But Peter followed at a distance.
John 18:12
Then the detachment of troops and the captain and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound Him.
Acts 2:23
Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death.
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Luke 20:16
"He will come and destroy those vinedressers and give the vineyard to others." And when they heard it they said, "Certainly not!"
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Luke 21:24
And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
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Matthew 8:11
And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
Acts 13:46
Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold and said, "It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to you first; but since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.
Romans 9:1
I tell the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit.
Romans 10:1
Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved.
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Cross References
Psalms 118:22
The stone which the builders rejected Has becom...
Psalms 118:23
This was the LORD's doing; It is marvelous in o...
Isaiah 28:16
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I la...
Mark 12:10
Have you not even read this Scripture: 'The sto...
Luke 20:17
Then He looked at them and said, "What then is ...
Acts 4:11
"This is the 'stone which was rejected by you b...
Romans 9:33
As it is written: "Behold, I lay in Zion a stum...
Ephesians 2:20
Having been built on the foundation of the apos...
1 Peter 2:6
Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture...
1 Peter 2:7
Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; ...
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Cross References
Matthew 8:12
"But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
Acts 13:46
Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold and said, "It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to you first; but since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.
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Cross References
Isaiah 8:14
He will be as a sanctuary, But a stone of stumb...
Isaiah 8:15
And many among them shall stumble; They shall f...
Zechariah 12:3
And it shall happen in that day that I will mak...
Luke 20:18
"Whoever falls on that stone will be broken; bu...
Romans 9:33
As it is written: "Behold, I lay in Zion a stum...
1 Peter 2:8
And "A stone of stumbling And a rock of offense...
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Cross References
Isaiah 60:12
For the nation and kingdom which will not serve you shall perish, And those nations shall be utterly ruined.
Daniel 2:44
And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
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Matthew 21:26
"But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the multitude, for all count John as a prophet."
Mark 11:18
And the scribes and chief priests heard it and sought how they might destroy Him; for they feared Him, because all the people were astonished at His teaching.
Mark 11:32
But if we say, 'From men' " - they feared the people, for all counted John to have been a prophet indeed.
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Matthew 21:11
So the multitudes said, "This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee.
Luke 7:16
Then fear came upon all, and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has risen up among us"; and, "God has visited His people.
John 7:40
Therefore many from the crowd, when they heard this saying, said, "Truly this is the Prophet.
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