Matthew 21:38 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³⁸ But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him and get his inheritance.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁸ 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)

³⁸ 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

³⁸ “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

³⁸ 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.'

Matthew 21:38 Cross References

Luke 20:14

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.’

Hebrews 1:2

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.

2 Samuel 14:7

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.”

Matthew 21:34

When the harvest time had come, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his produce.

Matthew 21:37

Then he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

Matthew 21:39

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

1 Kings 1:12

Now therefore come, let me give you advice, so that you may save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.