Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Agriculture » General references to » Called husbandmen
"Listen to another parable [i.e., a brief story used to illustrate His teaching]: There was the owner of a farm who planted a vineyard and built a fence around it. He constructed a grape squeezing device, built a [lookout] tower [near it], leased it to tenant farmers and then went to another country.
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And when the [grape harvest] season came, the owner of the farm sent a slave to the tenant farmers asking them to deliver the grape crop [to him].
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He will come and kill those tenant farmers and will give the vineyard to other people." And when the people heard [Him say] this, they said, "May that never happen."
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[And] the farmer who works hard should be the first one to receive a share of the crops.
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So, be patient, brothers, until the Lord comes. Look, the farmer waits for his land to produce the valuable crop and is patient with it until it receives the fall and spring rains.
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Agriculture » Requires toil
[And] the farmer who works hard should be the first one to receive a share of the crops.
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Agriculture or husbandry » Requires » Toil
[And] the farmer who works hard should be the first one to receive a share of the crops.
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Parables » The farmer
[And] the farmer who works hard should be the first one to receive a share of the crops.
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