Matthew 21:36

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Again he sent other slaves, more than the first, and they treated them the same way.

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  • Matt 22:4 : 4 Again he sent other slaves, saying,‘Tell those who have been invited,“Look! The feast I have prepared for you is ready. My oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.”’

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    33The Parable of the Tenants“Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.

    34When the harvest time was near, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his portion of the crop.

    35But the tenants seized his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

  • Matt 21:37-41
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    37Finally he sent his son to them, saying,‘They will respect my son.’

    38But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves,‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and get his inheritance!’

    39So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

    40Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?”

    41They said to him,“He will utterly destroy those evil men! Then he will lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his portion at the harvest.”

  • Luke 20:9-16
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    9The Parable of the Tenants Then he began to tell the people this parable:“A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time.

    10When harvest time came, he sent a slave to the tenants so that they would give him his portion of the crop. However, the tenants beat his slave and sent him away empty-handed.

    11So he sent another slave. They beat this one too, treated him outrageously, and sent him away empty-handed.

    12So he sent still a third. They even wounded this one, and threw him out.

    13Then the owner of the vineyard said,‘What should I do? I will send my one dear son; perhaps they will respect him.’

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    15So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

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  • Mark 12:1-9
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    2At harvest time he sent a slave to the tenants to collect from them his portion of the crop.

    3But those tenants seized his slave, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

    4So he sent another slave to them again. This one they struck on the head and treated outrageously.

    5He sent another, and that one they killed. This happened to many others, some of whom were beaten, others killed.

    6He had one left, his one dear son. Finally he sent him to them, saying,‘They will respect my son.’

    7But those tenants said to one another,‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and the inheritance will be ours!’

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    5But they were indifferent and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.

    6The rest seized his slaves, insolently mistreated them, and killed them.

    7The king was furious! He sent his soldiers, and they put those murderers to death and set their city on fire.

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