Matthew 21:38 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him and get his inheritance.’ More versionsKing 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. |
Now the whole family has risen against your servant. They say, ‘Give up the man who struck his brother, so that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he murdered, even if we destroy the heir as well.’ Thus they would quench my one remaining ember and leave to my husband neither name nor remnant on the face of the earth.”
Now therefore come, let me give you advice, so that you may save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.
When the harvest time had come, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his produce.
But when the tenants saw him, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir; let us kill him so that the inheritance may be ours.’
but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also created the worlds.