Matthew 21:28 Cross References

Matthew 21:28

28: "But what do you think about this? A man with two sons told the older boy, 'Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.'

So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and steady, always enthusiastic about the Lord's work, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.

You are reasonable people. Decide for yourselves if what I am about to say is true.

"For the Kingdom of Heaven is like the owner of an estate who went out early one morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

And what about the eighteen men who died when the Tower of Siloam fell on them? Were they the worst sinners in Jerusalem?

"The coming of the Son of Man can be compared with that of a man who left home to go on a trip. He gave each of his employees instructions about the work they were to do, and he told the gatekeeper to watch for his return.

"Now listen to this story. A certain landowner planted a vineyard, built a wall around it, dug a pit for pressing out the grape juice, and built a lookout tower. Then he leased the vineyard to tenant farmers and moved to another country.

To illustrate the point further, Jesus told them this story: "A man had two sons.
The younger son told his father, 'I want my share of your estate now, instead of waiting until you die.' So his father agreed to divide his wealth between his sons.
"A few days later this younger son packed all his belongings and took a trip to a distant land, and there he wasted all his money on wild living.
About the time his money ran out, a great famine swept over the land, and he began to starve.
He persuaded a local farmer to hire him to feed his pigs.

"Of course he does," Peter replied. Then he went into the house to talk to Jesus about it. But before he had a chance to speak, Jesus asked him, "What do you think, Peter? Do kings tax their own people or the foreigners they have conquered?"

At noon and again around three o'clock he did the same thing.
At five o'clock that evening he was in town again and saw some more people standing around. He asked them, 'Why haven't you been working today?'
"They replied, 'Because no one hired us.'"The owner of the estate told them, 'Then go on out and join the others in my vineyard.'

Now tell us what you think about this: Is it right to pay taxes to the Roman government or not?"

Home