Matthew 21:38

But the earth-tillers, seeing the son, said within themselves, This is the heir; come ye, slay we him, and we shall have his heritage. (But the farmers, seeing the son, said to each other, He is the heir; come, let us kill him, and then we shall get his inheritance.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

37And at the last he sent his son to them, and said, They shall dread my son. (And finally he sent his son to them, and said, They shall fear my son, or They shall show reverence, or respect, for my son.)

39And they took him, and casted him out of the vineyard, and slew him. (And they took him, and threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.)

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Cross References

1 Kings 1:12Now therefore come thou, take thou counsel of me, and save thy life, and (the life) of Solomon, thy son.

Matthew 2:13And when they were gone, lo! the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in sleep, and said, Rise up, and take the child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there, till that I say to thee; for it is to come, that Herod seek the child, to destroy him.

Matthew 27:1But when the morrowtide was come, all the princes of (the) priests, and the elder men of the people took counsel against Jesus, that they should take him to the death. (But when the morning was come, all the high priests, and the elders of the people made a plan against Jesus, how they would put him, or send him, to death.)

Luke 20:14And when the tillers saw him, they thought within themselves, and said, This is the heir, slay we him, that the heritage be ours. (But when the farmers saw him, they said to each other, He is the heir, let us kill him, and then the inheritance shall be ours.)

Acts 4:27For verily, Herod and Pontius Pilate, with heathen men, and peoples of Israel, came together in this city against thine holy child Jesus, whom thou anointedest, (For truly, Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, came together in this city against thine holy servant Jesus, whom thou anointedest,)

Hebrews 1:2at the last in these days he hath spoken to us by the Son; whom he hath ordained (the) heir of all things, and by whom 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 →

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