THE NEW TESTAMENT - verse by verse

(ASV) Matthew 21:38 But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance.

(ASV) Matthew 21:39 And they took him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him.

(ASV) Matthew 21:40 When therefore the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do unto those husbandmen?

(ASV) Matthew 21:41 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will let out the vineyard unto other husbandmen, who shall render him the fruits in their seasons.

(ASV) Matthew 21:42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner; This was from the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes?

(ASV) Matthew 21:43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken away from you, and shall be given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.

(ASV) Matthew 21:44 And he that falleth on this stone shall be broken to pieces: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust.

(ASV) Matthew 21:45 And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.

(ASV) Matthew 21:46 And when they sought to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, because they took him for a prophet.

(ASV) Matthew 22:1 And Jesus answered and spake again in parables unto them, saying,

(ASV) Matthew 22:2 The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son,

(ASV) Matthew 22:3 and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the marriage feast: and they would not come.

(ASV) Matthew 22:4 Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them that are bidden, Behold, I have made ready my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come to the marriage feast.

(ASV) Matthew 22:5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise;

(ASV) Matthew 22:6 and the rest laid hold on his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them.

(ASV) Matthew 22:7 But the king was wroth; and he sent his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.

(ASV) Matthew 22:8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they that were bidden were not worthy.

(ASV) Matthew 22:9 Go ye therefore unto the partings of the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage feast.

(ASV) Matthew 22:10 And those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was filled with guests.

(ASV) Matthew 22:11 But when the king came in to behold the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a wedding-garment: