Matthew 21:37

New International Reader's Version

Last of all, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

Cross References

Isaiah 5:4

What more could I have done for my vineyard? I did everything I could. I kept looking for a crop of good grapes. So why did it produce only bad ones?

Jeremiah 36:3

The people of Judah will hear about all the trouble I plan to bring on them. Maybe then each of them will turn from their evil ways. If they do, I will forgive their sins and the evil things they have done.”

Zephaniah 3:7

Here is what I thought about Jerusalem. ‘Surely you will have respect for me. Surely you will accept my warning.’ Then the city you think is safe would not be destroyed. And I would not have to punish you so much. But they still wanted to go on sinning in every way they could.

Matthew 21:36

Then the man sent other slaves to the renters. He sent more than he did the first time. The renters treated them the same way.

Matthew 21:38

“But the renters saw the son coming. They said to one another, ‘This is the one who will receive all the owner’s property someday. Come, let’s kill him. Then everything will be ours.’

Matthew 3:17

A voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, and I love him. I am very pleased with him.”

Mark 12:6

“The man had one person left to send. It was his son, and he loved him. He sent him last of all. He said, ‘They will respect my son.’

Luke 20:13

“Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What should I do? I have a son, and I love him. I will send him. Maybe they will respect him.’

John 1:18

No one has ever seen God. But the One and Only is God and is at the Father’s side. The one at the Father’s side has shown us what God is like.

John 1:34

I have seen it happen. I am a witness that this is God’s Chosen One.”

John 3:16

God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son. Anyone who believes in him will not die but will have eternal life.