Matthew 21:38
But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
Updated King James Version
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In Context
37But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
39And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.
Cross References
1 Kings 1:12Now therefore come, let me, I pray you, give you counsel, that you may save yours own life, and the life of your son Solomon.
Matthew 2:13And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appears to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be you there until I bring you word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
Matthew 27:1When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus 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 be ours.
Acts 4:27For truthfully against your holy child Jesus, whom you have anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
Hebrews 1:2Has in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he has appointed heir of all things, by whom also he 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 →