Matthew 22:1 Cross References - Living_Oracles

¹ Jesus continuing to discourse to them in parables, said,

¹⁵ Jesus answered, Can the bridesmen mourn while the bridegroom is with them? But the time will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then they will fast. ¹⁶ No person mends an old garment with undressed cloth; else the patch itself tears the garment, and makes a greater rent. ¹⁷ Neither do people put new wine into old leather bottles; otherwise the bottles burst: and thus, both the wine is spilt, and the bottles are rendered useless. But they put new wine into new bottles, and bother are preserved.

⁴³ An unclean spirit, when he is gone out of a man, wanders over the parched deserts in search of a resting-place. And not finding any, ⁴⁴ he says, I will return to my house whence I came; and being come, he finds it empty, swept, and garnished. ⁴⁵ Then he goes, and brings with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and having entered, they dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first: thus will it fare with this evil race.

³ Then he discoursed to them of many things in parables. ⁴ The sower, said he, went out to sow; and, in sowing, some seeds fell by the way-side, and the birds came and picked them up: ⁵ some fell on rocky ground, where they had but little earth: these sprang up the sooner, because the soil had no depth: ⁶ but after the sun had beat upon them, they were scorched, and having no root, withered away. ⁷ Some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked them. ⁸ Others fell into good ground, and yielded increase, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty fold. ⁹ Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear. ¹⁰ Then the disciples addressed him, saying, Why do you speak to them in parables? ¹¹ He answering, said to them, Because it is your privilege, and not theirs, to know the secrets of the Reign of Heaven.

¹ For the Administration of Heaven will resemble the conduct of a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. ² Having agreed with some for a denarius a-day, he sent them into his vineyard. ³ About the third hour he went out, and seeing others unemployed in the market place, ⁴ said to them, Go you likewise into my vineyard, and I will give you what is reasonable. Accordingly they went. ⁵ Again, about the sixth hour, and about the ninth, he went out and did the same. ⁶ Lastly, about the eleventh hour, he went out, and finding others standing, said to them, Why do you stand here all the day doing nothing? ⁷ They answered, Because no person has hired us. He said to them, Go you also into my vineyard, and you shall receive what is reasonable. ⁸ When it was night, the proprietor of the vineyard said to his steward, Call the laborers, and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, and ending with the first. ⁹ Then they who had been hired at the eleventh hour came, and received each a denarius. ¹⁰ When the first came, they imagined they should receive more; but they got only a denarius a-piece. ¹¹ Upon receiving it, they murmured against the householder, ¹² saying, These last have worked but one hour; yet you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden and heat of the day. ¹³ He answering, said to one of them, Friend, I do you no injury. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? ¹⁴ Take what is yours, and depart. It is my will to give to this last as much as to you. ¹⁵ And may not I do what I will with my own? Is your eye evil, because I am good? ¹⁶ Thus the last shall be first, and first last; for there are many called, but few chosen.

²⁸ But what do you think of this? A man had two sons, and addressing his elder son, said, Son, go work today in any vineyard. ²⁹ He answered, I will not, but afterward repented and went. ³⁰ Then addressing the younger, he bade him likewise. He answered, Immediately, Sir, but went not. ³¹ Now, which of the two obeyed his father? They said, The first. Jesus replied, Indeed, I say to you, even the publicans and harlots show you the way into the kingdom of God. ³² For John came to you in the way of sanctity, and you believed him not; but the publicans and the harlots believed him: yet you who saw this, did not afterward repent and believe him. ³³ Hear another parable: A landlord planted a vineyard, and hedged it round, and digged a wine press in it, and built a tower; and having farmed it out, went abroad. ³⁴ When the vintage approached, he sent his servants to the husbandmen to receive the fruits. ³⁵ But they seized his servants, beat one, drove away with stones another, and killed another. ³⁶ Again he sent other servants more respectable; but they received the same treatment; ³⁷ finally he sent his son to them: for he said, They will reverence my son. ³⁸ But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir, come, let us kill him, and keep possession of his inheritance. ³⁹ Then they seized him, thrust him out of the vineyard, and killed him. ⁴⁰ When, therefore, the proprietor of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those husbandmen? ⁴¹ They answered, He will put those wretched to a wretched death, and will let the vineyard to others, who will render him the fruits in the season. ⁴² Jesus replied, Did you never read in the scriptures, "A stone which the builders rejected, is made the head of the corner? This the Lord has effected, and we behold it with admiration." ⁴³ Know, therefore, that the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation who will produce the fruits of it. ⁴⁴ For whosoever shall fall on this stone, shall be bruised; and on whomsoever it shall fall, it will crush him to pieces. ⁴⁵ The chief priests and the Pharisees hearing his parables, perceived that he spoke of them; ⁴⁶ but though they wished to lay hold on him, they were afraid of the populace, who reckoned him a prophet.

³³ And in many such similitudes, he conveyed instruction to the people, as he found them disposed to hear: ³⁴ and without a similitude he told them nothing; but he solved all to his disciples in private.

¹⁰ He answered, It is your privilege to know the secrets of the Reign of God, which, to others, are couched in parables; that, though they look, they may not perceive; that though they hear, they may not understand.

¹⁶ Jesus said to him, A certain man made a great supper, and invited many.