Bible Cross References
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1 Corinthians 3:6
I planted the seed, Apollos watered the plant, but it was God who made the plant grow.
Matthew 9:37
So he said to his disciples, "The harvest is large, but there are few workers to gather it in.
Mark 16:20
The disciples went and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and proved that their preaching was true by the miracles that were performed.]
2 Corinthians 6:1
In our work together with God, then, we beg you who have received God's grace not to let it be wasted.
3 John 1:8
We Christians, then, must help these people, so that we may share in their work for the truth.
ye are God's
Psalm 65:9-13
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You show your care for the land by sending rain; you make it rich and fertile. You fill the streams with water; you provide the earth with crops. This is how you do it:
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you send abundant rain on the plowed fields and soak them with water; you soften the soil with showers and cause the young plants to grow.
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What a rich harvest your goodness provides! Wherever you go there is plenty.
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The pastures are filled with flocks; the hillsides are full of joy.
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The fields are covered with sheep; the valleys are full of wheat. Everything shouts and sings for joy.
Psalm 72:16
May there be plenty of grain in the land; may the hills be covered with crops, as fruitful as those of Lebanon. May the cities be filled with people, like fields full of grass.
Psalm 80:8-11
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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.
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.
Isaiah 27:2
On that day the LORD will say of his pleasant vineyard,
Isaiah 27:3
"I watch over it and water it continually. I guard it night and day so that no one will harm it.
Isaiah 28:24-29
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Farmers don't constantly plow their fields and keep getting them ready for planting.
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Once they have prepared the soil, they plant the seeds of herbs such as dill and cumin. They plant rows of wheat and barley, and at the edges of their fields they plant other grain.
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They know how to do their work, because God has taught them.
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They never use a heavy club to beat out dill seeds or cumin seeds; instead they use light sticks of the proper size.
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They do not ruin the wheat by threshing it endlessly, and they know how to thresh it by driving a cart over it without bruising the grains.
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All this wisdom comes from the LORD Almighty. The plans God makes are wise, and they always succeed.
Isaiah 32:20
How happy everyone will be with plenty of water for the crops and safe pasture everywhere for the donkeys and cattle.
Isaiah 61:3
To give to those who mourn in Zion Joy and gladness instead of grief, A song of praise instead of sorrow. They will be like trees That the LORD himself has planted. They will all do what is right, And God will be praised for what he has done.
Isaiah 61:5
My people, foreigners will serve you. They will take care of your flocks And farm your land and tend your vineyards.
Isaiah 61:11
As surely as seeds sprout and grow, The Sovereign LORD will save his people, And all the nations will praise him.
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 13:3-9
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He used parables to tell them many things. "Once there was a man who went out to sow grain.
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As he scattered the seed in the field, some of it fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
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Some of it fell on rocky ground, where there was little soil. The seeds soon sprouted, because the soil wasn't deep.
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But when the sun came up, it burned the young plants; and because the roots had not grown deep enough, the plants soon dried up.
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Some of the seed fell among thorn bushes, which grew up and choked the plants.
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But some seeds fell in good soil, and the plants bore grain: some had one hundred grains, others sixty, and others thirty."
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And Jesus concluded, "Listen, then, if you have ears!"
Matthew 13:18-30
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"Listen, then, and learn what the parable of the sower means.
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Those who hear the message about the Kingdom but do not understand it are like the seeds that fell along the path. The Evil One comes and snatches away what was sown in them.
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The seeds that fell on rocky ground stand for those who receive the message gladly as soon as they hear it.
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But it does not sink deep into them, and they don't last long. So when trouble or persecution comes because of the message, they give up at once.
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The seeds that fell among thorn bushes stand for those who hear the message; but the worries about this life and the love for riches choke the message, and they don't bear fruit.
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And the seeds sown in the good soil stand for those who hear the message and understand it: they bear fruit, some as much as one hundred, others sixty, and others thirty."
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Jesus told them another parable: "The Kingdom of heaven is like this. A man sowed good seed in his field.
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One night, when everyone was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.
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When the plants grew and the heads of grain began to form, then the weeds showed up.
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The man's servants came to him and said, 'Sir, it was good seed you sowed in your field; where did the weeds come from?'
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'It was some enemy who did this,' he answered. 'Do you want us to go and pull up the weeds?' they asked him.
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'No,' he answered, 'because as you gather the weeds you might pull up some of the wheat along with them.
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Let the wheat and the weeds both grow together until harvest. Then I will tell the harvest workers to pull up the weeds first, tie them in bundles and burn them, and then to gather in the wheat and put it in my barn.' "
Matthew 13:36-42
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When Jesus had left the crowd and gone indoors, his disciples came to him and said, "Tell us what the parable about the weeds in the field means."
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Jesus answered, "The man who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man;
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the field is the world; the good seed is the people who belong to the Kingdom; the weeds are the people who belong to the Evil One;
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and the enemy who sowed the weeds is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvest workers are angels.
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Just as the weeds are gathered up and burned in the fire, so the same thing will happen at the end of the age:
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the Son of Man will send out his angels to gather up out of his Kingdom all those who cause people to sin and all others who do evil things,
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and they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where they will cry and gnash their teeth.
Matthew 20:1-14
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"The Kingdom of heaven is like this. Once there was a man who went out early in the morning to hire some men to work in his vineyard.
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He agreed to pay them the regular wage, a silver coin a day, and sent them to work in his vineyard.
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He went out again to the marketplace at nine o'clock and saw some men standing there doing nothing,
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so he told them, 'You also go and work in the vineyard, and I will pay you a fair wage.'
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So they went. Then at twelve o'clock and again at three o'clock he did the same thing.
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It was nearly five o'clock when he went to the marketplace and saw some other men still standing there. 'Why are you wasting the whole day here doing nothing?' he asked them.
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'No one hired us,' they answered. 'Well, then, you go and work in the vineyard,' he told them.
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"When evening came, the owner told his foreman, 'Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with those who were hired last and ending with those who were hired first.'
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The men who had begun to work at five o'clock were paid a silver coin each.
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So when the men who were the first to be hired came to be paid, they thought they would get more; but they too were given a silver coin each.
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They took their money and started grumbling against the employer.
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'These men who were hired last worked only one hour,' they said, 'while we put up with a whole day's work in the hot sun---yet you paid them the same as you paid us!'
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'Listen, friend,' the owner answered one of them, 'I have not cheated you. After all, you agreed to do a day's work for one silver coin.
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Now take your pay and go home. I want to give this man who was hired last as much as I gave you.
Matthew 21:23-44
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Jesus came back to the Temple; and as he taught, the chief priests and the elders came to him and asked, "What right do you have to do these things? Who gave you such right?"
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Jesus answered them, "I will ask you just one question, and if you give me an answer, I will tell you what right I have to do these things.
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Where did John's right to baptize come from: was it from God or from human beings?" They started to argue among themselves, "What shall we say? If we answer, 'From God,' he will say to us, 'Why, then, did you not believe John?'
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But if we say, 'From human beings,' we are afraid of what the people might do, because they are all convinced that John was a prophet."
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So they answered Jesus, "We don't know." And he said to them, "Neither will I tell you, then, by what right I do these things.
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"Now, what do you think? There was once a man who had two sons. He went to the older one and said, 'Son, go and work in the vineyard today.'
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'I don't want to,' he answered, but later he changed his mind and went.
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Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. 'Yes, sir,' he answered, but he did not go.
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Which one of the two did what his father wanted?" "The older one," they answered. So Jesus said to them, "I tell you: the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God ahead of you.
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For John the Baptist came to you showing you the right path to take, and you would not believe him; but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. Even when you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.
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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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Mark 4:26-29
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Jesus went on to say, "The Kingdom of God is like this. A man scatters seed in his field.
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He sleeps at night, is up and about during the day, and all the while the seeds are sprouting and growing. Yet he does not know how it happens.
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The soil itself makes the plants grow and bear fruit; first the tender stalk appears, then the head, and finally the head full of grain.
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When the grain is ripe, the man starts cutting it with his sickle, because harvest time has come.
John 4:35-38
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You have a saying, 'Four more months and then the harvest.' But I tell you, take a good look at the fields; the crops are now ripe and ready to be harvested!
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The one who reaps the harvest is being paid and gathers the crops for eternal life; so the one who plants and the one who reaps will be glad together.
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For the saying is true, 'Someone plants, someone else reaps.'
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I have sent you to reap a harvest in a field where you did not work; others worked there, and you profit from their work."
John 15:1-8
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"I am the real vine, and my Father is the gardener.
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He breaks off every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and he prunes every branch that does bear fruit, so that it will be clean and bear more fruit.
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You have been made clean already by the teaching I have given you.
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Remain united to me, and I will remain united to you. A branch cannot bear fruit by itself; it can do so only if it remains in the vine. In the same way you cannot bear fruit unless you remain in me.
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"I am the vine, and you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will bear much fruit; for you can do nothing without me.
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Those who do not remain in me are thrown out like a branch and dry up; such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, where they are burned.
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If you remain in me and my words remain in you, then you will ask for anything you wish, and you shall have it.
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My Father's glory is shown by your bearing much fruit; and in this way you become my disciples.
ye are God's building
1 Corinthians 3:16
Surely you know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you!
1 Corinthians 6:19
Don't you know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and who was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourselves but to God;
Psalm 118:22
The stone which the builders rejected as worthless turned out to be the most important of all.
Amos 9:11
The LORD says, "A day is coming when I will restore the kingdom of David, which is like a house fallen into ruins. I will repair its walls and restore it. I will rebuild it and make it as it was long ago.
Amos 9:12
And so the people of Israel will conquer what is left of the land of Edom and all the nations that were once mine," says the LORD, who will cause this to happen.
Zechariah 6:12
Tell him that the LORD Almighty says, 'The man who is called The Branch will flourish where he is and rebuild the LORD's Temple.
Zechariah 6:13
He is the one who will build it and receive the honor due a king, and he will rule his people. A priest will stand by his throne, and they will work together in peace and harmony.'
Matthew 16:18
And so I tell you, Peter: you are a rock, and on this rock foundation I will build my church, and not even death will ever be able to overcome it.
Acts 4:11
Jesus is the one of whom the scripture says, 'The stone that you the builders despised turned out to be the most important of all.'
2 Corinthians 6:16
How can God's temple come to terms with pagan idols? For we are the temple of the living God! As God himself has said, "I will make my home with my people and live among them; I will be their God, and they shall be my people."
Ephesians 2:10
God has made us what we are, and in our union with Christ Jesus he has created us for a life of good deeds, which he has already prepared for us to do.
Ephesians 2:20-22
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You, too, are built upon the foundation laid by the apostles and prophets, the cornerstone being Christ Jesus himself.
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He is the one who holds the whole building together and makes it grow into a sacred temple dedicated to the Lord.
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In union with him you too are being built together with all the others into a place where God lives through his Spirit.
Colossians 2:7
Keep your roots deep in him, build your lives on him, and become stronger in your faith, as you were taught. And be filled with thanksgiving.
1 Timothy 3:15
But if I delay, this letter will let you know how we should conduct ourselves in God's household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.
Hebrews 3:3
A man who builds a house receives more honor than the house itself. In the same way Jesus is worthy of much greater honor than Moses.
Hebrews 3:4
Every house, of course, is built by someone---and God is the one who has built all things.
Hebrews 3:6
But Christ is faithful as the Son in charge of God's house. We are his house if we keep up our courage and our confidence in what we hope for.
1 Peter 2:5
Come as living stones, and let yourselves be used in building the spiritual temple, where you will serve as holy priests to offer spiritual and acceptable sacrifices to God through Jesus Christ.