Matthew 21:28 Cross References - WNT

²⁸ "But give me your judgement. There was a man who had two sons. He came to the elder of them, and said, "'My son, go and work in the vineyard to-day.'

²⁵ "Yes," he replied, and then went into the house. But before he spoke a word Jesus said, "What think you, Simon? From whom do this world's kings receive customs or capitation tax? from their own children, or from others?"

¹ "For the Kingdom of the Heavens is like an employer who went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard,

⁵ "So they went. Again about twelve, and about three o'clock, he went out and did the same. ⁶ And going out about five o'clock he found others loitering, and he asked them, "'Why have you been standing here all day long, doing nothing?' ⁷ "'Because no one has hired us,' they replied. "'You also, go into the vineyard,' he said.

³³ "Listen to another parable. There was a householder who planted a vineyard, made a fence round it, dug a wine-tank in it, and built a strong lodge; then let the place to vine-dressers, and went abroad.

¹⁷ Give us your judgement therefore: is it allowable for us to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?"

³⁴ It is like a man living abroad who has left his house, and given the management to his servants--to each one his special duty--and has ordered the porter to keep awake.

⁴ Or those eighteen on whom the tower at Siloam fell, do you suppose they had failed in their duty more than all the rest of the people who live in Jerusalem?

¹¹ He went on to say, "There was a man who had two sons. ¹² The younger of them said to his father, "'Father, give me the share of the property that comes to me.' "So he divided his wealth between them. ¹³ No long time afterwards the younger son got all together and travelled to a distant country, where he wasted his money in debauchery and excess. ¹⁴ At last, when he had spent everything, there came a terrible famine throughout that country, and he began to feel the pinch of want. ¹⁵ So he went and hired himself to one of the inhabitants of that country, who sent him on to his farm to tend swine; ¹⁶ and he longed to make a hearty meal of the pods the swine were eating, but no one gave him any. ¹⁷ "But on coming to himself he said, "'How many of my father's hired men have more bread than they want, while I here am dying of hunger! ¹⁸ I will rise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against Heaven and before you: ¹⁹ I no longer deserve to be called a son of yours: treat me as one of your hired men.' ²⁰ "So he rose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and pitied him, and ran and threw his arms round his neck and kissed him tenderly. ²¹ "'Father,' cried the son, 'I have sinned against Heaven and before you: no longer do I deserve to be called a son of yours.' ²² "But the father said to his servants, "'Fetch a good coat quickly--the best one--and put it on him; and bring a ring for his finger and shoes for his feet. ²³ Fetch the fat calf and kill it, and let us feast and enjoy ourselves; ²⁴ for my son here was dead and has come to life again: he was lost and has been found.' "And they began to be merry. ²⁵ "Now his elder son was out on the farm; and when he returned and came near home, he heard music and dancing. ²⁶ Then he called one of the lads to him and asked what all this meant. ²⁷ "'Your brother has come,' he replied; 'and your father has had the fat calf killed, because he has got him home safe and sound.' ²⁸ "Then he was angry and would not go in. But his father came out and entreated him. ²⁹ "'All these years,' replied the son, 'I have been slaving for you, and I have never at any time disobeyed any of your orders, and yet you have never given me so much as a kid, for me to enjoy myself with my friends; ³⁰ but now that this son of yours is come who has eaten up your property among his bad women, you have killed the fat calf for him.' ³¹ "'You my dear son,' said the father, 'are always with me, and all that is mine is also yours. ³² We are bound to make merry and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and has come back to life, he was lost and has been found.'"

¹⁵ I speak as to men of sense: judge for yourselves of what I say.

⁵⁸ Therefore, my dear brethren, be firm, unmovable, busily occupied at all times in the Lord's work, knowing that your toil is not fruitless in the Lord.