Quotes About Consequences

He sent still another, and this one they killed. He sent many others; some they beat and others they killed.

What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants, and will give the vineyard to others.

But he denied it. “I do not know or even understand what you are talking about,” he said. Then he went out to the gateway, and the rooster crowed.

The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.

But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.

And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades!

Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first.”

But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!

The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

That servant who knows his masterís will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.

But the one who unknowingly does things worthy of punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from him who has been entrusted with much, even more will be demanded.

I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.”

And he will answer, ëI tell you, I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers.í

After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need.

So he called him in to ask, ëWhat is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your management, for you cannot be manager any longer.í

The manager said to himself, ëWhat shall I do, now that my master is taking away my position? I am too weak to dig and too ashamed to beg.

for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.í

It would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.

His master replied, ëYou wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?

They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”

But when the tenants saw the son, they discussed it among themselves and said, ëThis is the heir. Let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.í

So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

He will come and kill those tenants, and will give the vineyard to others.” And when the people heard this, they said, “May such a thing never happen!”