What more could I have done for my vineyard than I did? Why, when I expected a yield of good grapes, did it yield worthless grapes?
Matthew 21:37 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Finally, he sent his son to them. “They will respect my son,” he said. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Finally he sent his own son to them, saying, They will respect and give heed to my son. American Standard Version (1901) But afterward he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. Common English Bible Finally he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said. Catholic Public Domain Version Then, at the very end, he sent his son to them, saying: 'They will revere my son.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And last of all he sent to them his son, saying: They will reverence my son. |
What more could I have done for my vineyard than I did? Why, when I expected a yield of good grapes, did it yield worthless grapes?
Perhaps when the house of Judah hears about all the disaster I am planning to bring on them, each one of them will turn from his evil way. Then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.’
I said: ‘You will certainly fear me’ and accept correction. Then her dwelling place would not be cut off based on all that I had allocated to her. However, they became more corrupt in all their actions.
Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group, and they did the same to them.
‘But when the tenant farmers saw the son, they said to each other, “This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and take his inheritance.”
And a voice from heaven said, ‘This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased.’
He still had one to send, a beloved son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, “They will respect my son.”
‘Then the owner of the vineyard said, “What should I do? I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.”
No one has ever seen God. The one and only Son, who is himself God and is at the Father’s side #– #he has revealed him.
For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.