Deu 32:6, Isa 1:2-4, 21-23, 5:7, Mat 21:34, Mar 11:13, 12:2, Luk 13:7, 20:10-18 | ESV | STEP | Do you thus repay the Lord , you foolish and senseless people ? Is not he your father , who created you, who made you and established you?

2 ^dHear, O heavens, and give ear, O ^eearth;
for the Lord has spoken:
“Children ^{▼▼Or Sons; also verse 4} ^ghave I reared and brought up,
but they have rebelled against me.
3 The ox ^hknows its owner,
and the donkey its master’s crib,
but Israel does ⁱnot know,
my people do not understand.”
4 Ah, sinful nation,
a people laden with iniquity,
^joffspring of evildoers,
children who deal corruptly!
They have forsaken the Lord,
they have ^kdespised ^lthe Holy One of Israel,
they are utterly ^mestranged.

Isaiah 1:21-23

The Unfaithful City

21 How the faithful city
ⁿhas become a whore, ^{▼▼Or become unchaste}
^pshe who was full of justice!
Righteousness lodged in her,
but now murderers.
22 ^qYour silver has become dross,
your best wine mixed with water.
23 Your princes are rebels
and companions of thieves.
Everyone ^rloves a bribe
and runs after gifts.
^sThey do not bring justice to the fatherless,
and the widow’s cause does not come to them.

Isaiah 5:7

7 ^tFor the vineyard of the Lord of hosts
is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah
are his pleasant planting;
and he looked for justice,
but behold, bloodshed; ^{▼▼The Hebrew words for justice and bloodshed sound alike}
for righteousness,
but behold, an outcry! ^{▼▼The Hebrew words for righteous and outcry sound alike}

Matthew 21:34

34 When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants ^{▼▼Greek bondservants; also verses 35, 36} to the tenants ^xto get his fruit.

Mark 11:13

13 ^yAnd seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for ^zit was not the season for figs.

Mark 12:2

2 When the season came, he sent a servant ^{▼▼Greek bondservant; also verse 4} to the tenants to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.

Luke 13:7

7 And he said to the vinedresser, ‘Look, for three years now I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. ^abCut it down. Why should it use up the ground?’

Luke 20:10-18

10 When the time came, he sent a servant ^{▼▼Greek bondservant; also verse 11} to the tenants, so that ^adthey would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. ^aeBut the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 11 ^afAnd ^aghe sent another servant. But they also beat and ^ahtreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. 12 ^aiAnd he sent yet a third. This one also they wounded and cast out. 13 Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my ^ajbeloved son; perhaps they will respect him.’ 14 But when the tenants saw him, they said to themselves, ^ak‘This is the heir. ^alLet us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.’ 15 And they ^amthrew him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them? 16 ^anHe will ^aocome and destroy those tenants and ^apgive the vineyard to others.” When they heard this, they said, “Surely not!” 17 But he ^aqlooked directly at them and said, “What then is this that is written:

^ar“‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone’? ^{▼▼Greek the head of the corner}
18 ^atEveryone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and when it falls ^auon anyone, it will crush him.”