Matthew 21:38
“But when the husbandmen saw the sonne, they said among themselues, This is the heire, come, let vs kill him, and let vs sease on his inheritance.”
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Matthew 21:38 Context
36Againe hee sent other seruants, moe then the first, and they did vnto them likewise. 37But last of all, he sent vnto them his sonne, saying, They will reuerence my sonne. 38But when the husbandmen saw the sonne, they said among themselues, This is the heire, come, let vs kill him, and let vs sease on his inheritance. 39And they caught him, and cast him out of the Uineyard, and slew him. 40When the Lord therefore of the Uineyard commeth, what will he doe vnto those husbandmen?
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Other Translations for 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.
- King James Version
"But when the vine-growers saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.'
- New American Standard Version (1995)
But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance.
- American Standard Version (1901)
But when the workmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property; come, let us put him to death and take his heritage.
- Basic English Bible
But the husbandmen, seeing the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him and possess his inheritance.
- Darby Bible
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.
- Webster's Bible
But the vine-dressers, when they saw the son, said to one another, `Here is the heir: come, let us kill him and get his inheritance.'
- Weymouth Bible
But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and seize his inheritance.'
- World English Bible
But the erthe tilieris, seynge the sone, seiden with ynne hem silf, This is the eire; come ye, sle we hym, and we schulen haue his eritage.
- Wycliffe Bible
and the husbandmen having seen the son, said among themselves, This is the heir, come, we may kill him, and may possess his inheritance;
- Youngs Literal Bible
People's Bible Notes for Matthew 21:38
Mt 21:38 This is the heir. He for whom the inheritance is meant, and to whom it will in due course rightfully arrive. Christ is "heir of all things" (Heb 1:2). Come, let us kill him. The very words of Ge 37:20 where Joseph's brethren express a similar resolution. This resolution had actually been taken (Joh 11:53). Let us seize on his inheritance. If Christ prevailed, Judaism must fall; if they could destroy Christ they could maintain their hold on the vineyard; or, in other words, seize the inheritance. Such was their hope.