Matthew 21:40

KJV1611 – Modern English

When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine dressers?

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  • Mark 12:9 : 9 What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and give the vineyard to others.
  • Luke 20:15-16 : 15 So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do to them? 16 He shall come and destroy those tenant farmers, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.
  • Heb 10:29 : 29 Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace?

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  • 91%

    41They said to him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will lease his vineyard to other vine dressers who will render him the fruits in their seasons.

    42Jesus said to them, Did you never read in the Scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes?

    43Therefore I say to you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you and given to a nation producing its fruits.

  • Luke 20:9-17
    9 verses
    88%

    9Then he began to speak this parable to the people: A certain man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to tenant farmers, and went into a far country for a long time.

    10And at harvest time he sent a servant to the tenant farmers, that they would give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the tenant farmers beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

    11And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed.

    12And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out.

    13Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will respect him when they see him.

    14But when the tenant farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

    15So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do to them?

    16He shall come and destroy those tenant farmers, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.

    17And he looked at them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same has become the cornerstone?

  • Mark 12:7-9
    3 verses
    88%

    7But those farmers said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'

    8So they took him, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.

    9What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and give the vineyard to others.

  • 87%

    33Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and hedged it around, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, and leased it to vine dressers, and went into a far country.

    34And when the time of fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the vine dressers, that they might receive the fruits of it.

    35And the vine dressers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

    36Again, he sent other servants more than the first, and they did likewise to them.

    37But last of all, he sent his son to them, saying, They will respect my son.

    38But when the vine dressers saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.

    39And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

  • Mark 12:1-3
    3 verses
    81%

    1And he began to speak to them in parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a place for the winepress, and built a tower, and leased it to farmers, and went into a far country.

    2At harvest time, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.

    3But they seized him, and beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

  • 28But what do you think? A certain man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, Son, go work today in my vineyard.

  • Isa 5:2-5
    4 verses
    76%

    2And he fenced it, and removed its stones, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress in it: and he expected it to bring forth grapes, but it brought forth wild grapes.

    3And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard.

    4What more could have been done to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I looked for it to bring forth grapes, did it bring forth wild grapes?

    5And now, I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down:

  • 4And said to them, Go also into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you. So they went.

  • Matt 20:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1For the kingdom of heaven is like a man who is a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

    2And when he had agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

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    45But if that servant says in his heart, My lord delays his coming; and begins to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and be drunk;

    46The lord of that servant will come in a day when he does not expect him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in two, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.

  • Matt 20:6-8
    3 verses
    75%

    6And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and said to them, Why do you stand here all day idle?

    7They said to him, Because no man has hired us. He said to them, Go also into the vineyard; and whatever is right, that you shall receive.

    8So when evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his steward, Call the laborers, and give them their wages, beginning with the last to the first.

  • Matt 22:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6And the rest seized his servants, mistreated them spitefully, and killed them.

    7But when the king heard about it, he was angry: and he sent out his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

  • 50the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him, and at an hour that he is not aware of,

  • Luke 13:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6He also spoke this parable: A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.

    7Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard, Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why does it use up the ground?

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    27The owner's servants came to him and said, Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?

    28He replied, An enemy did this. The servants asked him, Do you want us to go and pull them up?

  • 21So that servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor, and the crippled, and the lame, and the blind.

  • 43Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he comes shall find so doing.

  • 11And when they had received it, they grumbled against the master of the house,

  • 19After a long time, the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them.

  • 40Therefore be ready also: for the Son of Man comes at an hour you do not expect.