Matthew
King James Version (KJV)

“And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.”
King James Version (KJV)
And the husbandmen tooke his seruants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"The vine-growers took his slaves and beat one, and killed another, and stoned a third.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And the workmen made an attack on his servants, giving blows to one, putting another to death, and stoning another.
- Basic English Bible
And the husbandmen took his bondmen, and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
- Darby Bible
And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
- Webster's Bible
but the vine-dressers seized the servants, and one they cruelly beat, one they killed, one they pelted with stones.
- Weymouth Bible
The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
- World English Bible
And the erthetilieris token his seruauntis, and beeten `the toon, thei slowen another, and thei stonyden another.
- Wycliffe Bible
and the husbandmen having taken his servants, one they scourged, and one they killed, and one they stoned.
- Youngs Literal Bible
21:33 A certain householder planted a vineyard - God planted the Church in Canaan; and hedged it round about - First with the law, then with his peculiar providence: and digged a wine press - Perhaps it may mean Jerusalem: and built a tower - The temple: and went into a far country - That is, left the keepers of his vineyard, in some measure, to behave as they should see good. #Mark 12:1|; Luke 20:9.
21:34 He sent his servants - His extraordinary messengers, the prophets: to the husbandmen - The ordinary preachers or ministers of the Jews.
Mt 21:35 And the husbandmen took his servants. According to the obvious design of the whole parable, this is a lively figure for the undutiful and violent reception often given to the prophets or other divine messengers, and the refusal to obey their message. See Mt 23:29-31 23:34,37 Lu 11:47-50 13:33,34. Compare 1Th 2:15 Re 16:6 18:24. Killed another. Some of the prophets were not merely maltreated, but actually put to death.
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