Matthew 21:40

When the vineyard owner returns, what will he do to those farmers?”

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In The King James Version

When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?

In Context

39They grabbed him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

41The chief priests and elders said to Jesus, “He will put to death those wicked men in the most awful way, and rent out the vineyard to other farmers who will be sure to give him his fruit at harvest-time.”

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Cross References

Luke 20:15They threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. Now what will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

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 →

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