Matthew 21:38 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

But when the tenant farmers saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir [to the vineyard]. Come on; let us kill him so we can take over his inheritance.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, This is the heir; come on, let us kill him and have his inheritance.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

“But when the tenant farmers saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This is the heir. Come on, let’s kill him and we’ll have his inheritance.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

But the farmers, seeing the son, said among themselves: 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and then we will have his inheritance.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Matthew 21:38 Cross References

Matthew 21:34

And when the season for harvesting the grapes approached, the owner of the farm sent his slaves to the tenant farmers to arrange for delivery of his crop.

Matthew 21:37

Then later on he sent his own son to the tenant farmers, saying, ‘[Surely] they will treat my son with respect.’

Matthew 21:39

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

Luke 20:14

But when the tenant farmers saw him, they began reasoning with one another, saying, ‘This is the heir [to the vineyard]; let us kill him so the inheritance will be ours.’

Hebrews 1:2

[but] during these final days He has spoken to us through His Son [Note: This period refers to the Christian age (See Acts 2:14-36)], whom He appointed to be heir of all things [and] through whom He created the universe. [See John 1:3; Col. 1:16].