Matthew 21:38

New International Reader's Version

“But the renters saw the son coming. They said to one another, ‘This is the one who will receive all the owner’s property someday. Come, let’s kill him. Then everything will be ours.’

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:7

Now my whole family group has risen up against me. They say, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother. Then we can put him to death for killing his brother. That will also get rid of the one who will receive the family property.’ They want to kill the only living son I have left, just as someone would put out a burning coal. That would leave my husband without any son on the face of the earth to carry on the family name.”

1 Kings 1:12

So let me tell you what to do to save your life. It will also save the life of your son Solomon.

Matthew 21:34

When harvest time approached, he sent his slaves to the renters. He told the slaves to collect his share of the fruit.

Matthew 21:37

Last of all, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

Matthew 21:39

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

Luke 20:14

“But when the renters saw the son, they talked the matter over. ‘This is the one who will receive all the owner’s property someday,’ they said. ‘Let’s kill him. Then everything will be ours.’

Hebrews 1:2

But in these last days, he has spoken to us through his Son. He is the one whom God appointed to receive all things. God also made everything through him.