Matthew 21:38
But the husbandmen seeing the son, said among themselves: This is the heir: come, let us kill him, and we shall have his inheritance.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
37And last of all he sent to them his son, saying: They will reverence my son.
39And taking him, they cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him.
Cross References
1 Kings 1:12Now then come, take my counsel and save thy life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
Matthew 2:13And after they were departed, behold an angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph, saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and fly into Egypt: and be there until I shall tell thee. For it will come to pass that Herod will seek the child to destroy him.
Matthew 27:1And when morning was come, all the chief priests and ancients of the people took counsel against Jesus, that they might put him to death.
Luke 20:14Whom when the husbandmen saw, they thought within themselves, saying: This is the heir, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
Acts 4:27For of a truth there assembled together in this city against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel,
Hebrews 1:2In these days hath spoken to us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the world.
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 →