Luke 20:13

First Nations Version

“‘What can I do?’ he wondered. ‘I know,’ he said to himself, ‘I will send my much-loved son. They will have to respect him.’

Cross References

Matthew 3:17

A voice from the sky spoke like distant thunder, “This is my much-loved Son, who makes my heart glad!”

Galatians 4:4

But when the time was right, Creator sent his Son, who was born of a woman and born under our tribal law.

Romans 8:3

That law did not have the power to set us free, because of our broken humanity. But Creator found a way by sending his Son, in the likeness of broken and weak human beings, to bear the weight of our broken ways in his own human body and set us free from our guilt and shame.

John 1:34

Gift of Goodwill (John) finished by saying, “With my own eyes I have seen the one who has been chosen by the Great Spirit.”

Luke 9:35

A voice spoke from the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, the one I have chosen. Listen to him!”

Matthew 17:5

While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them. A voice spoke from the cloud, saying, “This is my much-loved Son, the one who makes my heart glad. Listen to him!”

Luke 18:2

“Listen!” he said. “There was a village that had a tribal council chief who did not fear the Great Spirit or respect his fellow human beings.

Luke 18:4

“The tribal council chief ignored her at first, but the woman kept demanding that he help her. The council chief grew weary, changed his thinking, and said, ‘This woman really troubles me. If I do not help her and right this wrong, she will never stop bothering me! I will see that she gets justice, not because I respect her or even fear the Great Spirit, but only because she will not give up until I help her.’”

Luke 20:12

So he sent a third messenger, but they did the same things to him. “The tribal member who owned the vineyard was at the end of his rope.

Luke 20:14

“When they saw that he had sent his son, they put their heads together and came up with an evil plan. ‘This vineyard will one day belong to this son,’ they schemed. ‘If we kill him, the vineyard will be ours.’