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Passage Lookup: Matthew 21:33-46
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"Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and went away on a journey.
Matthew 21:33
- Variant Count: 4 (9%)
"Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.
When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit.
Matthew 21:34
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit.
"The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
Matthew 21:35
- Variant Count: 2 (13%)
"The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
Then he sent other servants to them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way.
Matthew 21:36
- Variant Count: 1 (4%)
Then he sent other servants to them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way.
Last of all, he sent his son to them. 'They will respect my son,' he said.
Matthew 21:37
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
Last of all, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,' he said.
"But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and take his inheritance.'
Matthew 21:38
- Variant Count: 2 (8%)
"But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and take his inheritance.'
So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
Matthew 21:39
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
"Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?"
Matthew 21:40
- Variant Count: 3 (18%)
"Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?"
"He will bring those wretches to a wretched end," they replied, "and he will rent the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him his share of the crop at harvest time."
Matthew 21:41
- Variant Count: 4 (12%)
"He will bring those wretches to a wretched end," they replied, "and he will rent the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him his share of the crop at harvest time."
Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the Scriptures: " 'The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?
Matthew 21:42
- Variant Count: 3 (9%)
Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the Scriptures: "‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?
"Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
Matthew 21:43
- Variant Count: 2 (7%)
"Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed."
Matthew 21:44
- Variant Count: 4 (20%)
Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed."
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus' parables, they knew he was talking about them.
Matthew 21:45
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus' parables, they knew he was talking about them.
They looked for a way to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because the people held that he was a prophet.
Matthew 21:46
- Variant Count: 1 (4%)
They looked for a way to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because the people held that he was a prophet.
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