Matthew 21:38
But the husbandmen, seeing the son, said among themselves: This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and have his inheritance.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
37And afterward he sent to them his son, saying: They will reverence my son.
39And taking him, they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
Cross References
Matthew 2:13And when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appears to Joseph in a dream, saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there until I bring thee word; for Herod is about to seek the child to destroy him.
Matthew 27:1AND when morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, so as to put him to death.
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 become ours.
Acts 4:27For in truth there assembled in this city, against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the peoples of Israel,
Hebrews 1:2in these last days spoke to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, by whom he also made the worlds;
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 →