Matthew 21:38
But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir, come, let us kill him, and possess his inheritance.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
37But finally he sent to them his son, saying, They will be made ashamed by my son.
39And having seized him, they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
Cross References
1 Kings 1:12Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou may save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
Matthew 2:13Now after they departed, behold, an agent of Lord appears to Joseph in a dream, saying, After rising, take the child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and thou be there until I tell thee, for Herod is going to seek the child to
Matthew 27:1But having become morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people held consultation against Jesus in order to condemn him to death.
Luke 20:14But when the farmers saw him, they deliberated among themselves, saying, This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, so that the inheritance may become ours.
Acts 4:27For in truth, against thy holy Boy Jesus, whom thou anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together,
Hebrews 1:2whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the ages.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 21:34-46
The Parable of the Wicked Husbandmen. 33 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: 34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. 35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. 36 Again, he sent other servants more… Read the whole commentary →