Matthew 21:33 Cross References - MNT

³³ "Listen to another parable: "A man who was a householder planted a vineyard, fenced it about, dug a wine vat in it, built a tower, then rented it to vine-dressers and went abroad.

¹⁸ "Listen then, to the parable of the sower.

²⁸ "But give me your judgment. There was once a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said to him, "'Son, go work today in my vineyard!'

² "The Scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses' seat;

¹⁴ "For it is like a man going into another country, who summoned his slaves, and committed his property to their care. ¹⁵ "To one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another, one—to each according to his individual ability—and then set out on his travels.

¹ Presently Jesus began to speak to them in parables. "There was once a man," he said, "who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a pit for the wine-press, built a tower, rented it to tenants, and went abroad. ² At vintage-time he sent a slave to the vine-dressers to collect some of the proceeds of the vineyard; ³ but they seized him, and flogged him, and sent him away empty-handed. ⁴ Then he sent another slave to them; and this man they knocked over the head and handled shamefully. ⁵ And he sent another; and him they killed; and many others; beating some, and killing some. ⁶ He had still one, a Son beloved, He sent him last to them, saying, "'They will reverence my Son.' ⁷ "But those tenants said to themselves. 'Here is the heir! Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.' ⁸ "So they took him and killed him, and threw his body out of the vineyard. ⁹ What will the owner of the Vineyard do?" "He will come and put the tenants to death," they said, "and will give the vineyard to others." ¹⁰ "Have you not read this Scripture?" (he continued) "The very stone which the builders rejected Has now become the corner-stone; ¹¹ This is the Lord's doing; It is marvelous in our eyes." ¹² And they kept seeking to lay hold on him, but were afraid of the crowd, for they knew well that he had spoken this parable about them; so they left him and went away.

³⁴ Take heed! Awake! for you never know the time. As a man gone abroad and leaving his house gives authority to his slaves, to each his task; and orders the porter to keep watch;

¹² So he said: "A certain nobleman went abroad to receive for himself royal power and to return.

⁹ Then he began to tell the people this parable. "There was a man who planted a vineyard, and let it out to vine-dressers, and went to another country for a long time. ¹⁰ "At harvest-time he sent a slave to the vine-dressers, to ask them to give him a share of the crop; but the vine-dresser beat him and sent him away empty-handed. ¹¹ "Then he sent another slave; and him also they flogged and handled shamefully and sent him away empty-handed. ¹² "Then he sent yet a third, and him to they wounded and threw him out. ¹³ "Then the master of the vineyard said: "'What shall I do? I will send my beloved Son; it may be that they will reverence him.' ¹⁴ "But when the vine-dressers saw him, they reasoned together, saying. 'This is the heir. Let us kill him so that the inheritance may be ours.' ¹⁵ "So they turned him out of the vineyard and killed him. "What will the master of the vineyard do to them? ¹⁶ "He will come and destroy those vine-dressers, and will give the vineyard to others." ¹⁷ He looked at them and said: "Then what does this scripture mean. "The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner? ¹⁸ "Every one who falls on that stone will be broken in pieces; but whoever it falls upon will be scattered as dust." ¹⁹ At this the Scribes and the high priests were seeking to arrest him; only they were afraid of the people. For they perceived that he had referred to them in this parable.

¹ "I am the vine, and my Father the vine-grower.