Matthew 21:34

Good News Translation

When the time came to gather the grapes, he sent his slaves to the tenants to receive his share of the harvest.

Cross References

Isaiah 5:4

Is there anything I failed to do for it? Then why did it produce sour grapes and not the good grapes I expected?

Jeremiah 35:15

I have continued to send you all my servants the prophets, and they have told you to give up your evil ways and to do what is right. They warned you not to worship and serve other gods, so that you could go on living in the land that I gave you and your ancestors. But you would not listen to me or pay any attention to me.

Matthew 21:35

The tenants grabbed his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

Matthew 21:38

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the owner's son. Come on, let's kill him, and we will get his property!’

Matthew 21:40

“Now, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?” Jesus asked.

Matthew 21:41

“He will certainly kill those evil men,” they answered, “and rent the vineyard out to other tenants, who will give him his share of the harvest at the right time.”

Matthew 22:3

He sent his servants to tell the invited guests to come to the feast, but they did not want to come.

Mark 12:1

Then Jesus spoke to them in parables: “Once there was a man who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a hole for the wine press, and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to tenants and left home on a trip.

Mark 12:7

But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the owner's son. Come on, let's kill him, and his property will be ours!’

Mark 12:9

“What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do?” asked Jesus. “He will come and kill those tenants and turn the vineyard over to others.

Luke 20:9

Then Jesus told the people this parable: “There was once a man who planted a vineyard, rented it out to tenants, and then left home for a long time.