Matthew 21:38 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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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.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁸ 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

2 Samuel 14:7

And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he slew, and so destroy the heir also: thus shall they quench my coal which is left, and shall leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the face of the earth.

1 Kings 1:12

Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.

Matthew 21:34

And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, to receive his fruits.

Matthew 21:37

But afterward he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.

Matthew 21:39

And they took him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him.

Luke 20:14

But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned one with another, saying, This is the heir: let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

Hebrews 1:2

hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds;