What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I looked for it to yield grapes, did it yield wild grapes?
Matthew 21:37 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, 'They will respect 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.' 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 could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I looked for it to yield grapes, did it yield wild grapes?
It may be that the house of Yehudah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do to them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
I said, *Just fear me. Receive correction, so that her dwelling won't be cut off, according to all that I have appointed concerning her.* But they rose early and corrupted all their doings.
Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they treated them the same way.
But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and seize his inheritance.'
Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, *This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.*
Therefore still having one, his beloved son, he sent him last to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'
The lord of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. It may be that seeing him, they will respect him.'
No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.