Bible Cross References
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Isaiah 5:1-7
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Listen while I sing you this song, a song of my friend and his vineyard: My friend had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
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He dug the soil and cleared it of stones; he planted the finest vines. He built a tower to guard them, dug a pit for treading the grapes. He waited for the grapes to ripen, but every grape was sour.
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So now my friend says, "You people who live in Jerusalem and Judah, judge between my vineyard and me.
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Is there anything I failed to do for it? Then why did it produce sour grapes and not the good grapes I expected?
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"Here is what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge around it, break down the wall that protects it, and let wild animals eat it and trample it down.
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I will let it be overgrown with weeds. I will not trim the vines or hoe the ground; instead, I will let briers and thorns cover it. I will even forbid the clouds to let rain fall on it."
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Israel is the vineyard of the LORD Almighty; the people of Judah are the vines he planted. He expected them to do what was good, but instead they committed murder. He expected them to do what was right, but their victims cried out for justice.
Numbers 21:17
At that time the people of Israel sang this song: "Wells, produce your water; And we will greet it with a song---
A vineyard
Psalm 80:8-19
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You brought a grapevine out of Egypt; you drove out other nations and planted it in their land.
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You cleared a place for it to grow; its roots went deep, and it spread out over the whole land.
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It covered the hills with its shade; its branches overshadowed the giant cedars.
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It extended its branches to the Mediterranean Sea and as far as the Euphrates River.
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Why did you break down the fences around it? Now anyone passing by can steal its grapes;
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wild hogs trample it down, and wild animals feed on it.
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Turn to us, Almighty God! Look down from heaven at us; come and save your people!
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Come and save this grapevine that you planted, this young vine you made grow so strong!
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Our enemies have set it on fire and cut it down; look at them in anger and destroy them!
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Preserve and protect the people you have chosen, the nation you made so strong.
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We will never turn away from you again; keep us alive, and we will praise you.
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Bring us back, LORD God Almighty. Show us your mercy, and we will be saved.
Jeremiah 2:21
I planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. But look what you have become! You are like a rotten, worthless vine.
Matthew 21:33-46
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"Listen to another parable," Jesus said. "There was once a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a hole for the wine press, and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to tenants and left home on a trip.
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When the time came to gather the grapes, he sent his slaves to the tenants to receive his share of the harvest.
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The tenants grabbed his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
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Again the man sent other slaves, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way.
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Last of all he sent his son to them. 'Surely they will respect my son,' he said.
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But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, 'This is the owner's son. Come on, let's kill him, and we will get his property!'
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So they grabbed him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
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"Now, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?" Jesus asked.
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"He will certainly kill those evil men," they answered, "and rent the vineyard out to other tenants, who will give him his share of the harvest at the right time."
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Jesus said to them, "Haven't you ever read what the Scriptures say? 'The stone which the builders rejected as worthless turned out to be the most important of all. This was done by the Lord; what a wonderful sight it is!'
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"And so I tell you," added Jesus, "the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce the proper fruits."
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The chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus' parables and knew that he was talking about them,
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so they tried to arrest him. But they were afraid of the crowds, who considered Jesus to be a prophet.
Luke 20:9-18
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Then Jesus told the people this parable: "There was once a man who planted a vineyard, rented it out to tenants, and then left home for a long time.
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When the time came to gather the grapes, he sent a slave to the tenants to receive from them his share of the harvest. But the tenants beat the slave and sent him back without a thing.
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So he sent another slave; but the tenants beat him also, treated him shamefully, and sent him back without a thing.
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Then he sent a third slave; the tenants wounded him, too, and threw him out.
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Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my own dear son; surely they will respect him!'
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But when the tenants saw him, they said to one another, 'This is the owner's son. Let's kill him, and his property will be ours!'
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So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. "What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do to the tenants?" Jesus asked.
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"He will come and kill those men, and turn the vineyard over to other tenants." When the people heard this, they said, "Surely not!"
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Jesus looked at them and asked, "What, then, does this scripture mean? 'The stone which the builders rejected as worthless turned out to be the most important of all.'
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Everyone who falls on that stone will be cut to pieces; and if that stone falls on someone, that person will be crushed to dust."