Matthew 21:38
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’
In context
36 Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the tenants did the same to them.
37 Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.
38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’
39 So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
40 Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?”
Matthew 21:38 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’
- KJV 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.
- WEB World English 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.’
- ASV American Standard Version
- But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and the husbandmen having seen the son, said among themselves, This is the heir, come, we may kill him, and may possess his inheritance;
- DBY Darby Translation
- But the husbandmen, seeing the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him and possess his inheritance.
- WBS Webster 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.