What more was there to do for my vineyard that I have not done? Why then, when I expected it to yield good grapes, did it yield worthless grapes?
Matthew 21:34 - Tree of Life Version Now when fruit season drew near, 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 was there to do for my vineyard that I have not done? Why then, when I expected it to yield good grapes, did it yield worthless grapes?
“I have sent also to you all My servants the prophets, sending them early and often, saying: ‘Return you now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and you will dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers; but you have not inclined your ear, nor listened to Me.
But grabbing his servants, the tenants beat up one, killed another, and stoned still another.
“But when the tenants saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir! Come on, let’s kill him and get his inheritance!’
Therefore when the master of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?”
“He will bring those miserable men to a miserable end,” they said to Him, “and will lease the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him his share of the fruits in their seasons.”
He sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they wouldn’t come.
Yeshua began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, and built a tower. He leased it to some tenant farmers and went on a journey.
“But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir! Come on, let’s kill him and the inheritance will be ours!’
“What then will the master of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants and give the vineyard to others.
Then He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time.