Deu 4:32-34, Pro 29:18, Isa 5:1-7, Mat 21:33-41, Act 14:16, 26:18, 27 | ESV | STEP | For ask now of the days that are past , which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth , and ask from one end of heaven to the other , whether such a great thing as this has ever happened or was ever heard of.

32 “For ^aask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether such a great thing as this has ever happened or was ever heard of. 33 ^bDid any people ever hear the voice of a god speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and still live? 34 Or has any god ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, ^cby signs, by wonders, and ^dby war, ^eby a mighty hand and ^fan outstretched arm, and by great deeds of terror, all of which the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

Proverbs 29:18

18 Where ^gthere is no prophetic vision the people ^hcast off restraint, ^{▼▼Or the people are discouraged}
but blessed is he who ^jkeeps the law.

Isaiah 5:1-7

The Vineyard of the Lord Destroyed

1 Let me sing for my beloved
my love song concerning his vineyard:
My beloved had ^ka vineyard
on a very fertile hill.
2 He dug it and cleared it of stones,
and planted it with ^lchoice vines;
he built a watchtower in the midst of it,
and hewed out a wine vat in it;
and ^mhe looked for it to yield grapes,
but it yielded wild grapes.
3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem
and men of Judah,
judge between me and my vineyard.
4 ⁿWhat more was there to do for my vineyard,
that I have not done in it?
^oWhen I looked for it to yield grapes,
why did it yield wild grapes?
5 And now I will tell you
what I will do to my vineyard.
I will remove ^pits hedge,
and it shall be devoured; ^{▼▼Or grazed over; compare Exodus 22:5}
^rI will break down its wall,
and it shall be trampled down.
6 I will make it a waste;
it shall not be pruned or hoed,
and ^sbriers and thorns shall grow up;
^tI will also command the clouds
that they rain no rain upon it.
7 ^uFor 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 21:33-41

The Parable of the Tenants

33 ^x“Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted ^ya vineyard ^zand put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and ^aaleased it to tenants, and ^abwent into another country. 34 When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants ^{▼▼Greek bondservants; also verses 35, 36} to the tenants ^adto get his fruit. 35 ^aeAnd the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and ^afstoned another. 36 ^agAgain 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, ^ah‘This is the heir. Come, ^ailet us kill him and have his inheritance.’ 39 And they took him and ^ajthrew him out of the vineyard and killed him. 40 ^akWhen therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?” 41 They said to him, ^al“He will put those wretches to a miserable death and ^amlet out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons.”

Acts 14:16

16 In past generations he ^anallowed all the nations ^aoto walk in their own ways.

Acts 26:18

18 ^apto open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from ^aqthe power of Satan to God, that they may receive ^arforgiveness of sins and ^asa place among those who are sanctified ^atby faith in me.’

Acts 26:27

27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”