Matthew 21:41

The chief priests and elders replied, “He will thoroughly destroy those wicked renters! Then he will rent the vineyard to others. They will give him his share of the grapes when they are ripe.”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.

In Context

40Now I ask you, when the landowner returns to his vineyard, what do you think he will do to those renters?”

42Jesus said to them, “ That is right, so you need to think carefully about these words which you have read [RHQ] in the Scriptures: The builders rejected a certain stone. But others put that same stone in its proper place, and it has become the most important stone of the building [MET]. The Lord has done this, and we marvel as we look at it.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:14“But if you will not heed me and obey all these commands,

Psalms 2:4But Yahweh, the one who sits on his throne in heaven, laughs at them; he ridicules those rulers.

Isaiah 5:5So, I will now tell you what I will do to Judah, the place that is like my vineyard. I will cut down the hedges, and they will be destroyed. I will tear down the walls of the cities and allow wild animals to trample the land.

Isaiah 65:15Those whom I have chosen will use your names when they curse people; I, Yahweh the Lord, will get rid of you. But I will give to those who worship and obey me a new name that they will use when they bless people.

Daniel 9:26After those 434 years, the leader/king whom God has appointed will be killed when it seems that he will have accomplished nothing ◄unjustly/without having done anything wrong►. After that, the temple will be destroyed by the army of a powerful ruler. The city and the temple will be destroyed like a flood [MET] destroys everything. That will be the beginning of the war and destruction that God has decreed will happen.

Zechariah 12:12Many people in Judah will cry, each family by themselves: the male descendants of David by themselves, and their wives by themselves, the male descendants of David’s son Nathan by themselves, and their wives by themselves,

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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