Matthew 21:38

The Passion Translation

But when the tenants saw the son, they said, ‘This is the heir! Let’s kill him and then we can have his inheritance!’

Cross References

Luke 20:14

“But when the tenants saw the son coming, they schemed among themselves. ‘This is the heir of the vineyard! If we kill him, the inheritance will be ours.’

Hebrews 1:2

But to us living in these last days, God now speaks to us openly in the language of a Son, the appointed Heir of everything, for through him God created the panorama of all things and all time.

Matthew 21:34

At harvest time he sent his servants to the tenants to collect the portion that was due him as the lord of the vineyard.

Matthew 21:37

Finally, he sent his own son to them, and he said to himself, ‘Perhaps with my own son standing before them they will be ashamed of what they’ve done.’

Matthew 21:39

So they seized him, took him outside the vineyard, and murdered him.