38"But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and take his inheritance.'


In Context

35 "The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

36 Then he sent other servants to them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way.

37 Last of all, he sent his son to them. 'They will respect my son,' he said.

38 "But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and take his inheritance.'

39 So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

40 "Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?"

Matthew 21:38 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:38But 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:38But the husbandmen seeing the son, said among themselves: This is the heir: come, let us kill him, and we shall have his inheritance.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:38But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:38But the husbandmen, seeing the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him and possess his inheritance.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:38But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:38But 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:38But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and seize his inheritance.'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:38and the husbandmen having seen the son, said among themselves, This is the heir, come, we may kill him, and may possess his inheritance;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:38But when the farmers saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.