Matthew 21:28

Geneva Bible (1560)

But what thinke ye? A certaine man had two sonnes, and came to the elder, and saide, Sonne, goe and worke to day in my vineyarde.

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  • Matt 21:33 : 33 Heare another parable, There was a certaine housholder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, & made a winepresse therein, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a strange countrey.
  • Matt 17:25 : 25 He sayd, Yes; when he was come into the house, Iesus preuented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? Of whome doe the Kings of the earth take tribute, or polle money? of their children, or of strangers?
  • Matt 20:1 : 1 For the kingdome of heauen is like vnto a certaine, housholder, which went out at the dawning of the day to hire labourers into his vineyarde.
  • 1 Cor 10:15 : 15 I speake as vnto them which haue vnderstanding: iugde ye what I say.
  • 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Therefore my beloued brethren, be ye stedfast, vnmoueable, aboundant alwayes in the worke of the Lord, forasmuch as ye knowe that your labour is not in vaine in the Lord.
  • Matt 20:5-7 : 5 Againe he went out about the sixt & ninth houre, and did likewise. 6 And he went about the eleuenth houre, and found other standing idle, & sayd vnto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? 7 They sayd vnto him, Because no man hath hired vs. He sayd to them, Goe ye also into my vineyard, and whatsoeuer is right, that shall ye receiue.
  • Matt 22:17 : 17 Tell vs therefore, how thinkest thou? Is it lawfull to giue tribute vnto Cesar, or not?
  • Mark 13:34 : 34 For the Sonne of man is as a man going into a strange countrey, & leaueth his house, & giueth authoritie to his seruaunts, and to euery man his woorke, and commandeth the porter to watch.
  • Luke 13:4 : 4 Or thinke you that those eighteene, vpon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slewe them, were sinners aboue all men that dwel in Hierusalem?
  • Luke 15:11-32 : 11 He sayde moreouer, A certaine man had two sonnes. 12 And the yonger of them sayde to his father, Father, giue mee the portion of the goods that falleth to mee. So he deuided vnto them his substance. 13 So not many daies after, when the yonger sonne had gathered all together, hee tooke his iourney into a farre countrey, and there hee wasted his goods with riotous liuing. 14 Nowe when hee had spent all, there arose a great dearth throughout that land, and he began to be in necessitie. 15 Then hee went and claue to a citizen of that conntrey, and hee sent him to his farme, to feede swine. 16 And hee would faine haue filled his bellie with the huskes, that the swine ate: but no man gaue them him. 17 Then he came to him selfe, & said, Howe many hired seruaunts at my fathers haue bread ynough, and I die for hunger? 18 I wil rise and goe to my father, and say vnto him, Father, I haue sinned against heaue, and before thee, 19 And am no more worthy to be called thy sonne: make me as one of thy hired seruants. 20 So hee arose and came to his father, and when hee was yet a great way off, his father sawe him, and had compassion, and ranne and fell on his necke, and kissed him. 21 And the sonne sayde vnto him, Father, I haue sinned against heauen, and before thee, and am no more worthie to be called thy sonne. 22 Then the father said to his seruaunts, Bring foorth the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feete, 23 And bring the fat calfe, and kill him, & let vs eate, and be merie: 24 For this my sonne was dead, and is aliue againe: and he was lost, but he is found; they began to be merie. 25 Nowe the elder brother was in the fielde, and when he came and drewe neere to the house, he heard melodie, and dauncing, 26 And called one of his seruaunts, and asked what those things meant. 27 And hee sayde vnto him, Thy brother is come, and thy father hath killed the fatte calfe, because he hath receiued him safe and sound. 28 Then he was angry, and would not goe in: therefore came his father out and entreated him. 29 But he answered & said to his father, Loe, these many yeeres haue I done thee seruice, neither brake I at any time thy commadement, and yet thou neuer gauest mee a kidde that I might make merie with my friends. 30 But when this thy sonne was come, which hath deuoured thy good with harlots, thou hast for his sake killed the fat calfe. 31 And he said vnto him, Sonne, thou art euer with me, and al that I haue, is thine. 32 It was meete that we shoulde make merie, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is aliue againe: and hee was lost, but he is found.

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  • Matt 21:29-31
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    29But he answered, and said, I will not: yet afterward he repented himselfe, and went.

    30Then came he to the second, and said likewise; he answered, and said, I will, Syr: yet he went not.

    31Whether of them twaine did the will of the father? They saide vnto him, The first. Iesus saide vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, that the Publicanes and the harlots goe before you into the kingdome of God.

  • Luke 15:11-12
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    11He sayde moreouer, A certaine man had two sonnes.

    12And the yonger of them sayde to his father, Father, giue mee the portion of the goods that falleth to mee. So he deuided vnto them his substance.

  • Luke 20:9-10
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    9Then began he to speake to ye people this parable, A certaine man planted a vineyarde, and let it forth to husbandmen: and went into a strange countrey, for a great time.

    10And at the time conuenient he sent a seruant to the husbandmen, that they should giue him of the fruite of the vineyard: but the husbandmen did beate him, & sent him away emptie.

  • Matt 20:1-9
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    1For the kingdome of heauen is like vnto a certaine, housholder, which went out at the dawning of the day to hire labourers into his vineyarde.

    2And he agreed with the labourers for a peny a day, and sent them into his vineyard.

    3And he went out about the third houre, & sawe other standing idle in the market place,

    4And sayd vnto them, Goe ye also into my vineyard, and whatsoeuer is right, I will giue you: and they went their way.

    5Againe he went out about the sixt & ninth houre, and did likewise.

    6And he went about the eleuenth houre, and found other standing idle, & sayd vnto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

    7They sayd vnto him, Because no man hath hired vs. He sayd to them, Goe ye also into my vineyard, and whatsoeuer is right, that shall ye receiue.

    8And when euen was come, the master of the vineyard sayd vnto his steward, Call the labourers, and giue them their hire, beginning at the last, till thou come to the first.

    9And they which were hired about ye eleuenth houre, came and receiued euery man a penie.

  • Mark 12:1-2
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    1And he began to speake vnto them in parables, A certaine man planted a vineyard, and copassed it with an hedge, & digged a pit for the winepresse, and built a tower in it, & let it out to husbandmen, & went into a strange countrey.

    2And at the time, he sent to the husbandmen a seruant, that he might receiue of the husbandmen of the fruite of the vineyard.

  • Matt 21:33-41
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    33Heare another parable, There was a certaine housholder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, & made a winepresse therein, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a strange countrey.

    34And when the time of the fruite drewe neere, hee sent his seruants to the husbandmen to receiue the fruites thereof.

    35And ye husbandmen tooke his seruants and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.

    36Againe hee sent other seruants, moe then the first: and they did the like vnto them.

    37But last of all he sent vnto them his owne sonne, saying, They will reuerence my sonne.

    38But when the husbandmen saw the sonne, they saide among themselues, This is the heire: come, let vs kil him, & let vs take his inheritance.

    39So they tooke him, and cast him out of the vineyarde, and slewe him.

    40When therefore the Lorde of the vineyarde shall come, what will hee doe to those husbandmen?

    41They saide vnto him, Hee will cruelly destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard vnto other husbandmen, which shall deliuer him the fruites in their seasons.

  • Luke 20:12-16
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    12Moreouer he sent the third, and him they wounded, and cast out.

    13Then sayd the Lord of the vineyard, What shall I doe? I will send my beloued sonne: it may be that they will doe reuerence, when they see him.

    14But when the husbandmen sawe him, they reasoned with themselues, saying, This is the heire: come, let vs kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

    15So they cast him out of the vineyarde, and killed him. What shall the Lord of the vineyarde therefore doe vnto them?

    16He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and wil giue out his vineyard to others. But when they heard it, they sayd, God forbid.

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    6Yet had he one sonne, his deare beloued: him also he sent the last vnto them, saying, They will reuerence my sonne.

    7But ye husbandmen said among themselues, This is the heire: come, let vs kill him, and the inheritance shalbe ours.

    8So they tooke him, & killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

    9What shall then the Lord of the vineyard doe? He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and giue the vineyard to others.

  • Matt 21:27
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    27Then they answered Iesus, and said, We can not tell; he said vnto them, Neither tell I you by what authoritie I doe these things.

  • Luke 17:7
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    7Who is it also of you, that hauing a seruant plowing or feeding cattell, woulde say vnto him by and by, when hee were come from the fielde, Goe, and sit downe at table?

  • Matt 22:1-2
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    1Then Iesus answered, and spake vnto them againe in parables, saying,

    2The kingdome of heauen is like vnto a certaine King which maried his sonne,

  • Luke 15:21
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    21And the sonne sayde vnto him, Father, I haue sinned against heauen, and before thee, and am no more worthie to be called thy sonne.

  • Luke 15:28
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    28Then he was angry, and would not goe in: therefore came his father out and entreated him.

  • Luke 15:26
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    26And called one of his seruaunts, and asked what those things meant.

  • Luke 13:6
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    6He spake also this parable, A certaine man had a figge tree planted in his vineyard: and he came & sought fruite thereon, & found none.

  • Matt 13:27-28
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    27Then came the seruaunts of the housholder, and sayd vnto him, Master, sowedst not thou good seede in thy fielde? from whence then hath it tares?

    28And hee said to them, Some enuious man hath done this. Then the seruants saide vnto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them vp?

  • Matt 20:12
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    12Saying, These last haue wrought but one houre, and thou hast made them equall vnto vs, which haue borne the burden & heate of the day.

  • Matt 22:5
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    5But they made light of it, and went their wayes, one to his farme, and another about his marchandise.

  • Luke 14:21
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    21So that seruaunt returned, and shewed his master these thinges. Then was the good man of the house angrie, and said to his seruant, Goe out quickely into the streetes and lanes of the citie, and bring in hither the poore, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blinde.

  • Luke 15:18
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    18I wil rise and goe to my father, and say vnto him, Father, I haue sinned against heaue, and before thee,