Matthew 21:38

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:7

And now the whole family has risen against your handmaid, and they say, ‘Give up the man who struck his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he slew’; and so they would destroy the heir also. Thus they would quench my coal which is left, and leave to my husband neither name nor remnant upon the face of the earth.”

1 Kings 1:12

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

Matthew 21:34

When the season of fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants, to get his fruit;

Matthew 21:37

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

Matthew 21:39

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

Luke 20:14

But when the tenants saw him, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir; let us kill him, 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 the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.