Parable · parable · Confidence: high · curated
The Wicked Tenants
Cited scripture
- Luke 20:9 — Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.
- Luke 20:10 — And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.
- Luke 20:11 — And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
- Luke 20:12 — And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out.
- Luke 20:13 — Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.
- Luke 20:14 — But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
- Luke 20:15 — So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?
- Luke 20:16 — He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.
- Luke 20:17 — And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
- Luke 20:18 — Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
- Mark 12:1 — And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went
- Mark 12:2 — And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
- Mark 12:3 — And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
- Mark 12:4 — And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.
- Mark 12:5 — And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.
- Mark 12:6 — Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
- Mark 12:7 — But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be our’s.
- Mark 12:8 — And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
- Mark 12:9 — What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.
- Mark 12:10 — And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner: