What is there that I ought to do more to my vineyard, that I have not done to it? Was it that I looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it hath brought forth wild grapes?
Matthew 21:37 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And last of all he sent to them his son, saying: They will reverence my son. 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.' English Standard Version 2016 Finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ |
What is there that I ought to do more to my vineyard, that I have not done to it? Was it that I looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it hath brought forth wild grapes?
If so be, when the house of Juda shall hear all the evils that I purpose to do unto them, that they may return every man from his wicked way: and I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.
I said: Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive correction: and her dwelling shall not perish, for all things wherein I have visited her: but they rose early and corrupted all their thoughts.
Again he sent other servants more than the former; and they did to them in like manner.
But the husbandmen seeing the son, said among themselves: This is the heir: come, let us kill him, and we shall have his inheritance.
And behold a voice from heaven, saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Therefore having yet one son, most dear to him; he also sent him unto them last of all, saying: They will reverence my son.
Then the lord of the vineyard said: What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be, when they see him, they will reverence him.
No man hath seen God at any time: the only begotten Son who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
For God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son; that whosoever believeth in him, may not perish, but may have life everlasting.