Matthew 21:34

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“When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit.”

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BSBPD

“When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, to receive his fruits.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`And when the season of the fruits came nigh, he sent his servants unto the husbandmen, to receive the fruits of it,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 21:34 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Kings 17:13Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.”
  2. 2 Chronicles 36:15Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.
  3. Nehemiah 9:29You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They stubbornly shrugged their shoulders; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.
  4. Song of Solomon 8:11Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver.
  5. Isaiah 5:4What more could I have done for My vineyard than I already did for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?
  6. Jeremiah 25:3“From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.
  7. Jeremiah 35:15Again and again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: ‘Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways, and correct your actions. Do not go after other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I have given to you and your fathers.’ But you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me.
  8. Zechariah 1:3So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.’
  9. Zechariah 7:9“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.
  10. Matthew 22:3He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.
  11. Mark 12:2At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard.
  12. Luke 20:10At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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