Matthew 21:34

When vintage-time approached, he sent his servants to the vine-dressers to receive his share of the grapes;

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.

In Context

33"Listen to another parable. There was a householder who planted a vineyard, made a fence round it, dug a wine-tank in it, and built a strong lodge; then let the place to vine-dressers, and went abroad.

35but the vine-dressers seized the servants, and one they cruelly beat, one they killed, one they pelted with stones.

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Cross References

Mark 12:2At vintage-time he sent one of his servants to receive from the vine-dressers a share of the grapes.

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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