Matthew 21:39
And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.
Cross-references
Matthew 27:31 records Jesus being led away to crucifixion after mockery, matching the tenants' action of throwing out and killing the son.
Matthew 27:23 shows the crowd demanding Jesus' crucifixion, fulfilling the parable's prediction of the son being killed.
James 5:6 condemns the murder of the righteous person, echoing the injustice done to the son in the parable.
Hebrews 13:11-13 connects Jesus' suffering outside the gate to the son cast out of the vineyard, drawing a typological parallel.
Acts 7:52 shows the pattern of killing prophets culminating in the murder of the Righteous One, paralleling the son's fate.
Acts 5:30 says Jesus was killed by hanging on a tree, matching the son's murder outside the vineyard.
Acts 4:25-27 applies Psalm 2 to the rulers' conspiracy against Jesus, mirroring the tenants' plot against the son in the parable.
Acts 4:10 declares Jesus crucified and raised, the direct historical event the parable prefigured.
Acts 3:15 directly states the killing of the Author of life, fulfilling the parable's murder of the son.
Acts 3:14 contrasts the rejection of the Holy One with the choice of a murderer, echoing the tenants' rejection of the son.
Acts 2:23 identifies the crucifixion as the fulfillment of the parable's murder of the son, done by lawless men according to God's plan.
John 18:24 shows Jesus being sent bound to Caiaphas, continuing the sequence of his being taken away to be killed, as in the parable.
John 18:12 records Jesus being arrested and bound, which is the initial step in the tenants' plan to kill the son.
Luke 9:44 has Jesus predicting his betrayal to men, paralleling the son's delivery to death in the parable.
Mark 12:8 is the parallel account of the same parable with the identical outcome — the son killed and thrown out.
Mark 11:18 describes the religious leaders seeking to destroy Jesus, mirroring the wicked tenants' plot against the son.
Mark 9:31 has Jesus directly predicting his death at the hands of men, echoing the same fate for the son in the parable.