Romans 10:21
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21 But of Israel he says, (A)“All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”
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Isaiah 65:2-5
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2 (A)I spread out my hands all the day
to a rebellious people,
who walk in a way that is not good,
following their own devices;
3 a people who provoke me
to my face continually,
(B)sacrificing in gardens
and making offerings on bricks;
4 who sit in tombs,
and spend the night in secret places;
(C)who eat pig's flesh,
and broth of tainted meat is in their vessels;
5 who say, “Keep to yourself,
do not come near me, for I am too holy for you.”
(D)These are a smoke in my nostrils,
a fire that burns all the day.
Matthew 21:33-43
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The Parable of the Tenants
33 (A)“Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted (B)a vineyard (C)and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and (D)leased it to tenants, and (E)went into another country. 34 When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants[a] to the tenants (F)to get his fruit. 35 (G)And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and (H)stoned another. 36 (I)Again he sent other servants, more than the first. And they did the same to them. 37 Finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, (J)‘This is the heir. Come, (K)let us kill him and have his inheritance.’ 39 And they took him and (L)threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. 40 (M)When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?” 41 They said to him, (N)“He will put those wretches to a miserable death and (O)let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons.”
42 Jesus said to them, (P)“Have you never read in the Scriptures:
(Q)“‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;[b]
this was the Lord's doing,
and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
43 Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God (R)will be taken away from you and given to a people (S)producing its fruits.
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- Matthew 21:34 Or bondservants; also verses 35, 36
- Matthew 21:42 Greek the head of the corner
Jeremiah 35:15
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15 I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, sending them (A)persistently, saying, (B)‘Turn now every one of you from his evil way, and amend your deeds, and (C)do not go after other gods to serve them, and then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to you and your fathers.’ (D)But you did not incline your ear or listen to me.
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Proverbs 1:24
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24 (A)Because I have called and (B)you refused to listen,
have (C)stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,
1 Peter 2:8
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8 and
(A)“A stone of stumbling,
and a rock of offense.”
They stumble because they disobey the word, (B)as they were destined to do.
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1 Thessalonians 2:16
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16 (A)by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved—so as always (B)to fill up the measure of their sins. But (C)wrath has come upon them at last![a]
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- 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Or completely, or forever
Acts 13:46-47
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46 And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, “It was necessary that the word of God (A)be spoken first to you. (B)Since you thrust it aside and judge yourselves (C)unworthy of eternal life, behold, we (D)are turning to the Gentiles. 47 (E)For so the Lord has commanded us, saying,
(F)“‘I have made you (G)a light for the Gentiles,
that you may (H)bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
Acts 7:51-52
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51 (A)“You stiff-necked people, (B)uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. (C)As your fathers did, so do you. 52 (D)Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of (E)the Righteous One, (F)whom you have now betrayed and murdered,
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Jeremiah 25:4
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4 (A)You have neither listened nor inclined your ears to hear, although the Lord (B)persistently sent to you all his servants the prophets,
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Deuteronomy 31:27
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27 For I know how rebellious and (A)stubborn you are. Behold, even today while I am yet alive with you, (B)you have been rebellious against the Lord. How much more after my death!
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Deuteronomy 9:13
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The Golden Calf
13 (A)“Furthermore, the Lord said to me, ‘I have seen this people, and behold, it is (B)a stubborn people.
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Luke 24:47
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47 and that (A)repentance for[a] the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed (B)in his name (C)to all nations, (D)beginning from Jerusalem.
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- Luke 24:47 Some manuscripts and
Matthew 22:3-7
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3 and (A)sent his servants[a] to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come. 4 (B)Again he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my (C)dinner, (D)my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.”’ 5 But (E)they paid no attention and went off, one to his farm, another to his business, 6 while the rest seized his servants, (F)treated them shamefully, and (G)killed them. 7 The king was angry, and he sent his troops and (H)destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
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- Matthew 22:3 Or bondservants; also verses 4, 6, 8, 10
Matthew 20:1-15
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Laborers in the Vineyard
20 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2 After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius[a] a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, 4 and to them he said, ‘You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you.’ 5 So they went. Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same. 6 And (A)about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing. And he said to them, ‘Why do you stand here idle all day?’ 7 They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard too.’ 8 And (B)when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his (C)foreman, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first.’ 9 And when those hired about the eleventh hour came, each of them received a denarius. 10 Now when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more, but each of them also received a denarius. 11 And on receiving it they grumbled at the master of the house, 12 saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and (D)the scorching heat.’ 13 But he replied to one of them, (E)‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? 14 Take (F)what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you. 15 (G)Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or (H)do you begrudge my generosity?’[b]
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- Matthew 20:2 A denarius was a day's wage for a laborer
- Matthew 20:15 Or is your eye bad because I am good?
Jeremiah 44:4-6
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4 (A)Yet I persistently sent to you all my servants the prophets, saying, ‘Oh, do not do this abomination that I hate!’ 5 (B)But they did not listen (C)or incline their ear, to turn from their evil and make no offerings to other gods. 6 (D)Therefore my wrath and my anger were poured out and kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, (E)and they became a waste and a desolation, as at this day.
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1 Samuel 8:7-8
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7 And the Lord said to Samuel, “Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, (A)for they have not rejected you, (B)but they have rejected me from being king over them. 8 According to all the deeds that they have done, from the day I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are also doing to you.
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Matthew 23:34-37
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34 (A)Therefore (B)I send you (C)prophets and wise men and (D)scribes, (E)some of whom you will kill and crucify, and (F)some you will (G)flog in your synagogues and (H)persecute from town to town, 35 so that on you may come all (I)the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous (J)Abel to the blood of (K)Zechariah the son of Barachiah,[a] whom you murdered between (L)the sanctuary and (M)the altar. 36 Truly, I say to you, (N)all these things will come upon this generation.
Lament over Jerusalem
37 (O)“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that (P)kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have (Q)gathered (R)your children together (S)as a hen gathers her brood (T)under her wings, and (U)you were not willing!
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- Matthew 23:35 Some manuscripts omit the son of Barachiah
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