Matthew 21:37

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Isa 5:4 : 4 Is there anything which might have been done for my vine-garden which I have not done? why then, when I was hoping for the best grapes did it give me common grapes?
  • Jer 36:3 : 3 It may be that the people of Judah, hearing of all the evil which it is my purpose to do to them, will be turned, every man from his evil ways; so that they may have my forgiveness for their evil-doing and their sin.
  • Zeph 3:7 : 7 I said, Certainly you will go in fear of me, and come under my training, so that whatever I may send on her may not be cut off before her eyes: but they got up early and made all their works evil.
  • Matt 3:17 : 17 And a voice came out of heaven, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
  • Mark 12:6 : 6 He still had one, a dearly loved son: he sent him last to them, saying, They will have respect for my son.
  • Luke 20:13 : 13 And the lord of the garden said, What am I to do? I will send my dearly loved son; they may give respect to him.
  • John 1:18 : 18 No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.
  • John 1:34 : 34 This I saw myself and my witness is that he is the Son of God.
  • John 3:16 : 16 For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.
  • John 3:35-36 : 35 The Father has love for the Son and has put all things into his hands. 36 He who has faith in the Son has eternal life; but he who has not faith in the Son will not see life; God's wrath is resting on him.
  • Heb 1:1-2 : 1 In times past the word of God came to our fathers through the prophets, in different parts and in different ways; 2 But now, at the end of these days, it has come to us through his Son, to whom he has given all things for a heritage, and through whom he made the order of the generations;

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  • Mark 12:1-9
    9 verses
    91%

    1 And 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.

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

    3 And they took him, and gave him blows, and sent him away with nothing.

    4 And again he sent to them another servant; and they gave him wounds on the head, and were very cruel to him.

    5 And he sent another; and they put him to death: and a number of others, whipping some, and putting some to death.

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

    7 But 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.

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

    9 What 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.

  • Luke 20:9-16
    8 verses
    86%

    9 And 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.

    10 And 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.

    11 And he sent another servant, and they gave blows to him in the same way, and put shame on him, and sent him away with nothing.

    12 And he sent a third, and they gave him wounds and put him out.

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

    14 But 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.

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

    16 He 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.

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    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.

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

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

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

  • 84%

    38 But 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.

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

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

    41 They 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.

  • 76%

    28 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.

    29 And he said in answer, I will not: but later, changing his decision, he went.

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

  • Matt 22:1-6
    6 verses
    73%

    1 And Jesus, talking to them again in stories, said:

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

    3 And sent out his servants to get in the guests to the feast: and they would not come.

    4 Again he sent out other servants, with orders to say to the guests, See, I have made ready my feast: my oxen and my fat beasts have been put to death, and all things are ready: come to the feast.

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

    6 And the rest put violent hands on his servants, and did evil to them, and put them to death.

  • 11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:

  • 23 So that all men may give honour to the Son even as they give honour to the Father. He who gives no honour to the Son gives no honour to the Father who sent him.

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    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.

  • Matt 20:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

    8 And 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.

  • 21 If a servant is gently cared for from his early years, he will become a cause of sorrow in the end.

  • 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.

  • 18 If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment:

  • Luke 17:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7 But 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,

    8 Will he not say, Get a meal for me, and make yourself ready and see to my needs till I have had my food and drink; and after that you may have yours?

  • 47 Truly, I say to you, he will put him over all he has.

  • 12 Saying, 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.

  • 17 And when the time had come, he sent his servants to say to them, Come, for all things are now ready.

  • 30 And the last will be first, and the first will be last.

  • 31 So when the other servants saw what was done they were very sad, and came and gave word to their lord of what had been done.