Matthew 21:33 Cross References - NSB

³³ »Listen to another illustration. A master of a house made a vineyard, and put a wall around it. He made a wine press and built a tower. Then he rented it to workers and traveled to another country.

¹⁵ »So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men and known, and made them rulers over you. I made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes. ¹⁶ »I charged your judges to hear the cases between your countrymen and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger with him. ¹⁷ »You will not show partiality in judgment. You shall hear the small and the great. You will not fear man for the judgment is God's. The case that is too hard for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.’

⁸ »Let Your Thummim and Your Urim belong to your godly man, whom you tested at Massah and with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah. ⁹ »Who said of his father and mother: ‘I have not seen them; and he did not acknowledge his brothers, nor did he regard his own sons. They observed your word and kept your covenant.’ ¹⁰ »They will teach your ordinances to Jacob, and your Law to Israel. They will burn incense before you, and whole burnt offerings on your altar.

¹⁸ »Appoint judges and officers for your tribes in every city Jehovah your God gives you. They are to judge the people fairly.

⁹ »Approach the Levitical priest or the judge who is in office in those days. Inquire of them and they will declare to you the verdict in the case. ¹⁰ »Act according to the terms of the verdict they declare to you from that place Jehovah chooses. Be careful to abide by all that they teach you. ¹¹ »Act according to the verdict and the terms they tell you. Do not turn away from the word they declare to you. ¹² »The man who acts presumptuously and does not listen to the priest or the judge will die. This way you will purge the evil from Israel. The priests and judges are there to serve Jehovah your God.

¹⁹ Micaiah continued: »Now listen to what Jehovah says! I saw Jehovah sitting on his throne in heaven, with all his angels standing beside him.«

⁸ You brought a vine from Egypt. You forced out the nations and planted it. ⁹ You cleared the ground for it so that it took root and filled the land. ¹⁰ Its shade covered the mountains. Its branches covered the mighty cedars. ¹¹ It reached out with its branches to the Mediterranean Sea. Its shoots reached the Euphrates River. ¹² Why did you break down the stone fences around this vine? All who pass by are picking its fruit. ¹³ Wild boars from the forest graze on it. Wild animals devour it. ¹⁴ O God, commander of armies, come back! Look from heaven and see! Come to help this vine. ¹⁵ Take care of what your right hand planted, the son you strengthened for yourself. ¹⁶ The vine has been cut down and burned. Let them be destroyed by the threatening look on your face.

¹ Let me sing to my loved one a song of my beloved concerning his vineyard: My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hill. ² He dug the soil all around and removed its stones. He planted it with the choicest vine. And he built a tower in the middle of it and also hewed out a wine vat in it. Then he expected it to produce good grapes, but it only produced worthless ones. ³ »Now then, you inhabitants of Jerusalem and Judah, judge between my vineyard and me! ⁴ »What more could have been done for my vineyard than what I have already done for it? When I waited for it to produce good grapes, why did it produce only sour, wild grapes?

¹¹ »Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon. He leased the vineyard to keepers. Every one was to bring a thousand pieces of silver for its fruit.« ¹² (To Solomon) »My vineyard, which is mine, is before me. You, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that tend the fruit two hundred.«

¹⁰ Listen to the word of Jehovah (YHWH), you rulers of Sodom! Pay attention to the Law of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

²¹ »I planted you like a choice grapevine from the very best seed. Now you have turned against me and have become a wild vine.

³ Say: »Hear the word of Jehovah, O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: thus says Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, »‘»Behold I am about to bring adversity upon this place. The ears of everyone who hears of it will quiver with fear.

¹ Hear the word of Jehovah, you children of Israel! For Jehovah has a legal case against the inhabitants of the land. There is no truth! There is no goodness. There is no knowledge of God in the land.

⁴ »You will know I sent this commandment to you! This way my covenant with Levi will continue,« said Jehovah of Hosts. ⁵ »My covenant was with him [Levi]. It was of life and peace. I gave them to him that he might reverence me. He respected me and stood in awe of my name. ⁶ »The law of truth was in his mouth. Unrighteousness was not found in his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness. He turned many away from iniquity. ⁷ »The priests should teach the true knowledge of God. They are the messengers of Jehovah of Hosts. Therefore the people should learn (my will) the law from them. ⁸ »You priests have turned away from the right path. Your teaching has led many to do wrong. You have corrupted the covenant I made with Levi (you). ⁹ »I caused you to be despised and low before all the people. You are contemptible and do not keep my ways. You show partiality when applying the law.«

¹⁸ »Listen to the illustration of the sower.

²⁸ »What do you think? A man had two sons. He asked the first to work today in the vineyard.

² »The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat,« he said.

¹⁴ »It is like a man going to another country. He called his servants and put them in charge of his property. ¹⁵ »To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one. He assigned according to the servants’ ability. Then he went on his journey.

¹ He taught them with illustrations: »A man had a vineyard planted. He built a wall around it. He prepared a place for crushing out the wine and put up a tower. Then he rented it out to field workers, and went into another country. ² »During the season he sent a servant to the field workers that he might receive the fruits of the vineyard. ³ »They beat him and sent him away empty. ⁴ »Again he sent another servant and they treated him shamefully and wounded him in the head. ⁵ »He sent another and they killed him. He sent many others and some were beaten and some were killed. ⁶ »Last of all he sent his son saying: ‘They will respect my son.’ ⁷ »But those field workers said among themselves: This is the heir let us kill him and the inheritance shall be ours. ⁸ »They captured him and killed him. Then they cast his body out of the vineyard. ⁹ »What will the lord of the vineyard do? He will destroy the field workers and give the vineyard to others. ¹⁰ »Have you not read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected was made the chief corner stone.’ (Psalm 118:22, 23) ¹¹ »This was from Jehovah and it is marvelous in our eyes?« (Psalm 118:23) ¹² They tried to capture him but feared the crowd. They perceived that he spoke the illustration against them. So they left him and went away.

³⁴ »It is similar to a man traveling to another country. He leaves his house and gives authority to his servants to do the work. He commands them to watch.

¹² He said: »A nobleman traveled to a country far away to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

⁹ He told the people an illustration: »A man planted a vineyard. He rented it to tenants and went to another country for a long time. ¹⁰ »At harvest time he sent a servant to the renters to collect fruit of the vineyard. The renters beat him, and sent him away empty. ¹¹ »He sent another servant who was also treated shamefully, beaten and sent away empty. ¹² »A third servant was sent. They wounded him and threw him out. ¹³ »The owner of the vineyard said, what should I do? I will send my beloved son. Maybe they will respect him. ¹⁴ »When the renters saw him they reasoned that this is the heir, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours. ¹⁵ »They threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What will the owner of the vineyard do to them? ¹⁶ He will come and destroy the renters and will give the vineyard to others. When they heard it, they said, God forbid! ¹⁷ »He looked at them and asked what does the scripture mean: The stone that the builders rejected the same was made the head of the corner? ¹⁸ »Every one that falls on that stone shall be broken to pieces. Every one the stone falls on will be scattered as dust.« ¹⁹ The scribes and the chief priests attempted to capture him in that very hour. They feared the people. They perceived that he spoke this illustration against them.

¹ »I am the true vine, and my Father is the cultivator.