Matthew 21:35
And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
Cross-reference
In Matthew 23:31-37, Jesus accuses the Pharisees of being sons of those who murdered the prophets — the very pattern of violence depicted in this parable.
In Matthew 5:12, Jesus blesses the persecuted, linking them to the prophets — the same prophets mistreated here as the landowner's servants.
Matthew 23:37 directly speaks of killing prophets and stoning sent ones, exactly the treatment in the parable.
Matthew 23:30 mentions ancestors shedding prophets' blood, connecting to the parable’s theme of killing God's messengers.
Matthew 22:6 repeats the pattern: servants seized, mistreated, and killed – a direct parallel to the tenants' violence.
Matthew 14:10 records John the Baptist beheaded, echoing the fate of prophets killed as in the parable's servants.
In 1 Kings 18:13, Obadiah recounts hiding prophets from Jezebel's purge — echoing the pattern of killing God's messengers seen here.
Revelation 6:9 shows souls of those slain for God's word, reflecting the fate of the servants who were killed.
Hebrews 11:37 specifically mentions stoning and being killed with the sword, directly parallel to the servants' deaths.
1 Thessalonians 2:15 says the Jews killed the prophets, matching the tenants' murder of the servants.
Acts 7:52 asks which prophet the fathers did not persecute, paralleling the beating and killing of the servants.
Luke 13:34 laments Jerusalem killing and stoning the prophets sent to it, directly mirroring the tenants' violence.
Luke 13:33 notes that a prophet cannot perish away from Jerusalem, echoing the fate of the servants in the parable.
In 1 Kings 18:4, Jezebel slaughters God's prophets — a historical example of the persecution the parable's servants represent.
In Jeremiah 2:30, God says your sword has devoured your prophets — another accusation of prophet-killing.
In Nehemiah 9:26, Israel kills the prophets who warned them — a direct Old Testament parallel to the parable's violence.
In 2 Chronicles 36:16, they mock and scoff at God's prophets — a summary of the violent rejection in the parable.
In 1 Kings 19:2, Jezebel threatens Elijah's life — a direct example of the hostility toward God's messengers shown in this parable.
In 2 Chronicles 24:22, Zechariah's dying cry for vengeance parallels the martyr's cry — the same stoning event.
In 2 Chronicles 24:21, Zechariah is stoned at the temple — directly parallel to the 'stoned a third' in the parable.
Jeremiah 26:8 shows a prophet seized and threatened with death by the people, paralleling the treatment of servants in the parable.
Jeremiah 11:21 records a threat against a prophet: 'Do not prophesy or you will die', echoing the tenants' violence.
Mark 12:5 recounts the same parable with servants beaten and killed, providing a synoptic parallel.
John 10:31 records the Jews stoning Jesus — the parable's stoning of a servant prefigures the actual stoning attempt on Christ.
Luke 11:48 directly accuses the Pharisees of approving their ancestors' killing of prophets — the very crime the parable's tenants commit.
Jeremiah 37:15 describes the prophet being beaten and imprisoned, mirroring the servants' beating in the parable.
Luke 6:23 compares disciples' persecution to how their fathers treated the prophets — the same pattern of mistreatment shown in the parable's servants.
In 2 Chronicles 16:10, Asa imprisons the seer — another instance of prophets being persecuted, like the parable's servants.
In 1 Kings 22:24, a prophet is struck on the cheek — a specific example of the mistreatment of God's messengers that the parable reflects.
Hebrews 11:36 lists mocking and flogging endured by the faithful, similar to the beating of the servants.
In 2 Chronicles 36:15, God sends prophets persistently — the same pattern of repeated sending seen in the parable.
In Jeremiah 25:3-7, God recounts sending prophets but Israel refused to hear — the background of rejection behind the parable.
Revelation 16:6 describes judgment on those who shed the blood of saints and prophets — the tenants' murder of servants exemplifies this bloodshed.