What more could have been done for my vineyard than I have done for it? When I looked for good grapes, why did it yield only bad?
Matthew 21:34 - New International Version (Anglicised) When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When the fruit season drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to get his [share of the] fruit. American Standard Version (1901) And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, to receive his fruits. Common English Bible When it was time for harvest, he sent his servants to the tenant farmers to collect his fruit. Catholic Public Domain Version Then, when the time of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers, so that they might receive its fruits. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when the time of the fruits drew nigh, he sent his servants to the husbandmen that they might receive the fruits thereof. |
What more could have been done for my vineyard than I have done for it? When I looked for good grapes, why did it yield only bad?
Again and again I sent all my servants the prophets to you. They said, ‘Each of you must turn from your wicked ways and reform your actions; do not follow other gods to serve them. Then you shall live in the land I have given to you and your ancestors.’ But you have not paid attention or listened to me.
‘The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
‘But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, “This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and take his inheritance.”
‘Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?’
‘He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,’ they replied, ‘and he will rent the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him his share of the crop at harvest time.’
He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.
Jesus then began to speak to them in parables: ‘A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall round it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.
‘But the tenants said to one another, “This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.”
‘What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.
He went on to tell the people this parable: ‘A man planted a vineyard, rented it to some farmers and went away for a long time.