Malfeasance in Office

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Bible verses about “Malfeasance in Office”

The first verses cited, in the King James Version.

• Mark 12:1And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
• Mark 12:2And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
• Mark 12:3And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
• Mark 12:4And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.
• Mark 12:5And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.
• Mark 12:6Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
• Mark 12:7But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
• Mark 12:8And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
• Luke 20:9Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.
• Luke 20:10And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.
• Luke 20:11And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
• Luke 20:12And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out.
• Luke 20:13Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.
• Luke 20:14But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
• Luke 20:15So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?
• Luke 16:1And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.
• Luke 16:2And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
• Luke 16:3Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
• Luke 16:4I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
• Luke 16:5So he called every one of his lord’s debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
• Luke 16:6And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
• Luke 16:7Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.