Matthew 21:38

New English Translation

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and get his inheritance!’

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:7

Now the entire family has risen up against your servant, saying, ‘Turn over the one who struck down his brother, so that we can execute him and avenge the death of his brother whom he killed. In so doing we will also destroy the heir.’ They want to extinguish my remaining coal, leaving no one on the face of the earth to carry on the name of my husband.”

1 Kings 1:12

Now let me give you some advice as to how you can save your life and your son Solomon’s life.

Matthew 21:34

When the harvest time was near, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his portion of the crop.

Matthew 21:37

Finally 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.

Luke 20:14

But when the tenants saw him, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir; let’s kill him so the inheritance will be ours!’

Hebrews 1:2

in these last days he has spoken to us in a son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he created the world.