Matthew 21:28

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But how does it seem to you? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go and do work today in the vine-garden.

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  • Matt 21:33 : 33 Give ear to another story. A master of a house made a vine garden, and put a wall round it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and made a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.
  • Matt 17:25 : 25 He says, Yes. And when he came into the house, Jesus said to him, What is your opinion, Simon? from whom do the kings of the earth get payment or tax? from their sons or from other people?
  • Matt 20:1 : 1 For the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house, who went out early in the morning to get workers into his vine-garden.
  • 1 Cor 10:15 : 15 What I am saying is for wise men, do you be the judges of it.
  • 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 For this cause, my dear brothers, be strong in purpose and unmoved, ever giving yourselves to the work of the Lord, because you are certain that your work is not without effect in the Lord.
  • Matt 20:5-7 : 5 Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did the same. 6 And about the eleventh hour he went out and saw others doing nothing; and he says to them, Why are you here all the day doing nothing? 7 They say to him, Because no man has given us work. He says to them, Go in with the rest, into the vine-garden.
  • Matt 22:17 : 17 Give us, then, your opinion of this: Is it right to give tax to Caesar, or not?
  • Mark 13:34 : 34 It is as when a man who is in another country for a time, having gone away from his house, and given authority to his servants and to everyone his work, gives the porter an order to keep watch.
  • Luke 13:4 : 4 Or those eighteen men who were crushed by the fall of the tower of Siloam, were they worse than all the other men living in Jerusalem?
  • Luke 15:11-32 : 11 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me that part of your property which will be mine. And he made division of his goods between them. 13 And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living. 14 And when everything was gone, there was no food to be had in that country, and he was in need. 15 And he went and put himself into the hands of one of the people of that country, and he sent him into his fields to give the pigs their food. 16 And so great was his need that he would have been glad to take the pigs' food, and no one gave him anything. 17 But when he came to his senses, he said, What numbers of my father's servants have bread enough, and more, while I am near to death here through need of food! 18 I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes: 19 I am no longer good enough to be named your son: make me like one of your servants. 20 And he got up and went to his father. But while he was still far away, his father saw him and was moved with pity for him and went quickly and took him in his arms and gave him a kiss. 21 And his son said to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes: I am no longer good enough to be named your son. 22 But the father said to his servants, Get out the first robe quickly, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet: 23 And get the fat young ox and put it to death, and let us have a feast, and be glad. 24 For this, my son, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away from me, and has come back. And they were full of joy. 25 Now the older son was in the field: and when he came near the house, the sounds of music and dancing came to his ears. 26 And he sent for one of the servants, questioning him about what it might be. 27 And he said to him, Your brother has come; and your father has had the young ox put to death because he has come back safely. 28 But he was angry and would not go in; and his father came out and made a request to him to come in. 29 But he made answer and said to his father, See, all these years I have been your servant, doing your orders in everything: and you never gave me even a young goat so that I might have a feast with my friends: 30 But when this your son came, who has been wasting your property with bad women, you put to death the fat young ox for him. 31 And he said to him, Son, you are with me at all times, and all I have is yours. 32 But it was right to be glad and to have a feast; for this your brother, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away and has come back.

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  • Matt 21:29-31
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    29And he said in answer, I will not: but later, changing his decision, he went.

    30And he came to the second and said the same. And he made answer and said, I go, sir: and went not.

    31Which of the two did his father's pleasure? They say, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that tax-farmers and loose women are going into the kingdom of God before you.

  • Luke 15:11-12
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    11And he said, A certain man had two sons:

    12And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me that part of your property which will be mine. And he made division of his goods between them.

  • Luke 20:9-10
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    9And he gave the people this story: A man made a vine-garden and gave the use of it to some field-workers and went into another country for a long time.

    10And at the right time he sent a servant to the workers to get part of the fruit from the vines; but the workmen gave him blows and sent him away with nothing.

  • Matt 20:1-9
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    1For the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house, who went out early in the morning to get workers into his vine-garden.

    2And when he had made an agreement with the workmen for a penny a day, he sent them into his vine-garden.

    3And he went out about the third hour, and saw others in the market-place doing nothing;

    4And he said to them, Go into the vine-garden with the others, and whatever is right I will give you. And they went to work.

    5Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did the same.

    6And about the eleventh hour he went out and saw others doing nothing; and he says to them, Why are you here all the day doing nothing?

    7They say to him, Because no man has given us work. He says to them, Go in with the rest, into the vine-garden.

    8And when evening came, the lord of the vine-garden said to his manager, Let the workers come, and give them their payment, from the last to the first.

    9And when those men came who had gone to work at the eleventh hour, they were given every man a penny.

  • Mark 12:1-2
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    1And he gave them teaching in the form of stories. A man had a vine-garden planted, and put a wall about it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and put up a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.

    2And when the time came, he sent a servant to get from the workmen some of the fruit of the garden.

  • Matt 21:33-41
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    33Give ear to another story. A master of a house made a vine garden, and put a wall round it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and made a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.

    34And when the time for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the workmen, to get the fruit.

    35And the workmen made an attack on his servants, giving blows to one, putting another to death, and stoning another.

    36Again, he sent other servants more in number than the first: and they did the same to them.

    37But after that he sent his son to them, saying, They will have respect for my son.

    38But when the workmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property; come, let us put him to death and take his heritage.

    39And they took him and, driving him out of the vine-garden, put him to death.

    40When, then, the lord of the vine-garden comes, what will he do to those workmen?

    41They say to him, He will put those cruel men to a cruel death, and will let out the vine-garden to other workmen, who will give him the fruit when it is ready.

  • Luke 20:12-16
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    12And he sent a third, and they gave him wounds and put him out.

    13And the lord of the garden said, What am I to do? I will send my dearly loved son; they may give respect to him.

    14But when the workmen saw him, they said to one another, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property: let us put him to death and the heritage will be ours.

    15And driving him out of the garden they put him to death. Now what will the lord do to these workmen?

    16He will come and put them to destruction and give the garden to others. And when he said this, they said, May it not be so.

  • Mark 12:6-9
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    6He still had one, a dearly loved son: he sent him last to them, saying, They will have respect for my son.

    7But those workmen said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property; come, let us put him to death, and the heritage will be ours.

    8And they took him and put him to death, pushing his body out of the garden.

    9What then will the master of the garden do? He will come and put the workmen to death, and will give the garden into the hands of others.

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    27And they made answer and said, We have no idea. Then he said to them, And I will not say to you by what authority I do these things.

  • Luke 17:7
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    7But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come now and be seated and have a meal,

  • Matt 22:1-2
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    1And Jesus, talking to them again in stories, said:

    2The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who made a feast when his son was married,

  • Luke 15:21
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    21And his son said to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes: I am no longer good enough to be named your son.

  • Luke 15:28
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    28But he was angry and would not go in; and his father came out and made a request to him to come in.

  • Luke 15:26
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    26And he sent for one of the servants, questioning him about what it might be.

  • Luke 13:6
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    6And he made up this story for them: A certain man had a fig-tree in his garden, and he came to get fruit from it, and there was no fruit.

  • Matt 13:27-28
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    27And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, Sir, did you not put good seed in your field? how then has it evil plants?

    28And he said, Someone has done this in hate. And the servants say to him, Is it your pleasure that we go and take them up?

  • Matt 20:12
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    12Saying, These last have done only one hour's work, and you have made them equal to us, who have undergone the hard work of the day and the burning heat.

  • Matt 22:5
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    5But they gave no attention, and went about their business, one to his farm, another to his trade:

  • Luke 14:21
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    21And the servant came back and gave his master an account of these things. Then the master of the house was angry and said to the servant, Go out quickly into the streets of the town and get the poor, the blind, and those who are broken in body.

  • Luke 15:18
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    18I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes: