The Parable of the Tenants
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q "Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted r a vineyard s and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and t leased it to tenants, and u went into another country.
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When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants t to get his fruit.
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v And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and w stoned another.
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x Again he sent other servants, more than the first. And they did the same to them.
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Finally he sent his son to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'
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But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, y 'This is the heir. Come, z let us kill him and have his inheritance.'
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And they took him and a threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
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b When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?"
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They said to him, c "He will put those wretches to a miserable death and d let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons."
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Jesus said to them, e "Have you never read in the Scriptures:
f "'The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
this was the Lord's doing,
and it is marvelous in our eyes'?
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Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God g will be taken away from you and given to a people h producing its fruits.
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And i the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and j when it falls on anyone, it will crush him."
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When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he was speaking about them.
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And l although they were seeking to arrest him, m they feared the crowds, because they held him to be n a prophet.
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Cross References
Matthew 21:33 - 46
Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country.
Mark 12:1 - 12
And he began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and leased it to tenants and went into another country.
Luke 20:9 - 19
And he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard and let it out to tenants and went into another country for a long while.
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Cross References
Matthew 21:28
"What do you think? A man had two sons. And he went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work in the vineyard today.'
Psalms 80:8
You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it.
Isaiah 5:1
Let me sing for my beloved my love song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
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Isaiah 5:2
He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a watchtower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine vat in it; and he looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.
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Song of Solomon 8:11 - 12
Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard to keepers; each one was to bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver.
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Matthew 25:14 - 15
For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property.
Mark 13:34
It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servants in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to stay awake.
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Cross References
Matthew 21:33 - 46
Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country.
Mark 12:1 - 12
And he began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and leased it to tenants and went into another country.
Luke 20:9 - 18
And he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard and let it out to tenants and went into another country for a long while.
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Cross References
Matthew 21:33
Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country.
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Matthew 5:12
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great i...
Matthew 22:6
While the rest seized his servants, treated the...
Matthew 23:34
Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and ...
Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the...
2 Chronicles 24:19
Yet he sent prophets among them to bring them b...
2 Chronicles 36:15 - 16
The Lord, the God of their fathers, sent persis...
Nehemiah 9:26
Nevertheless, they were disobedient and rebelle...
Jeremiah 37:15
And the officials were enraged at Jeremiah, and...
Jeremiah 38:6
So they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cis...
Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets did your fathers not pers...
2 Corinthians 11:24 - 26
Five times I received at the hands of the Jews ...
1 Thessalonians 2:15
Who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets...
Hebrews 11:36 - 37
Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even ...
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 24:21
But they conspired against him, and by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the Lord.
John 10:31 - 33
The Jews picked up stones again to stone him.
Acts 7:59
And as they were stoning Stephen, he called out, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
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Matthew 22:4
Again he sent other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, See, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.
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Hebrews 1:2
But in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.
John 1:11
He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.
Romans 8:17
And if children, then heirs - heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
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1 Kings 21:19
And you shall say to him, 'Thus says the Lord, "Have you killed and also taken possession?"' And you shall say to him, 'Thus says the Lord : "In the place where dogs licked up the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your own blood."'
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Hebrews 13:12
So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.
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Matthew 24:50
The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know
Matthew 25:19
Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them.
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Luke 19:27
But as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them before me.'
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Matthew 21:43
Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits.
Acts 13:46
And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, "It was necessary that the word of God be spoken first to you. Since you thrust it aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.
Acts 18:6
And when they opposed and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.
Acts 28:28
Therefore let it be known to you that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen.
Matthew 8:11 - 12
I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
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Cross References
Matthew 21:16
And they said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?" And Jesus said to them, "Yes; have you never read, "'Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise'?
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Acts 4:11
This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone.
1 Peter 2:7
So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
Psalms 118:22 - 23
The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
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Psalms 118:22 - 23
The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
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Luke 14:24
For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.'
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Matthew 3:10
Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Isaiah 5:4
What more was there to do for my vineyard, that I have not done in it? When I looked for it to yield grapes, why did it yield wild grapes?
Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting; and he looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold, an outcry!
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Isaiah 8:14 - 15
And he will become a sanctuary and a stone of offense and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Romans 9:32 - 33
Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone.
1 Peter 2:8
And "A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense." They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
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Cross References
Daniel 2:34 - 35
As you looked, a stone was cut out by no human hand, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.
Daniel 2:44 - 45
And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever.
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Mark 11:18
And the chief priests and the scribes heard it ...
Luke 19:47 - 48
And he was teaching daily in the temple. The ch...
John 7:25
Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said,...
John 7:30
So they were seeking to arrest him, but no one ...
John 7:44
Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one l...
Matthew 26:4
And plotted together in order to arrest Jesus b...
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Matthew 21:26
But if we say, 'From man,' we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was a prophet.
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Matthew 21:11
And the crowds said, "This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.
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