Matthew 21:33-41, Matthew 25:30, Mark 11:12-14, Luke 13:6-9 - LSB - Legacy Standard Bible

Matthew 21:33-41

Parable of the Vine‑Growers

33 “Listen to another parable. ^aThere was a ¹landowner who ^bplanted a ^cvineyard and put a ²wall around it and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and rented it out to ³vine-growers and ^dwent on a journey. 34 Now when the ¹harvest time approached, he ^asent his slaves to the vine-growers to receive his fruit. 35 And the vine-growers took his slaves and beat one, and killed another, and stoned a third. 36 Again he ^asent another group of slaves larger than the first; and they did the same thing to them. 37 But afterward he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 38 But when the vine-growers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.’ 39 And they took him, and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. 40 Therefore when the ¹owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-growers?” 41 They *said to Him, “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end, and ^awill rent out the vineyard to other vine-growers who will pay him the proceeds at the proper seasons.”

Mark 11:12-14

The Barren Fig Tree

12 ^aAnd on the next day, when they had left Bethany, He became hungry. 13 And seeing at a distance a fig tree that had leaves, He went to see if perhaps He would find anything on it; and when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. 14 And He answered and said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again!” And His disciples were listening.

Luke 13:6-9

The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree

6 And He was telling this parable: “A man had ^aa fig tree which had been planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit on it and did not find any. 7 And he said to the vineyard-keeper, ‘Behold, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree ¹without finding any. ^aCut it down! Why does it even use up the ground?’ 8 And he answered and said to him, ‘Let it alone, sir, for this year too, until I dig around it and put in manure, 9 and if it bears fruit next year, fine, but if not, cut it down.’”