Matthew 21:38
King James Version (KJV)
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
36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.
37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
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.
39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.
40 When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?
Matthew 21:38 in every translation
- 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.’
- 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.’
- 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.