he said: yee. And when he was come into the house, Iesus spake first to him, saying: What thinkest thou Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take tribute, or poll money? of their children, or of strangers?
Matthew 21:28 - William Tyndale New Testament What say ye to this? A certain man had ij sons, and came to the elder saying: go and work today in my vineyard. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He came to the first and said, Son, go and work today in the vineyard. American Standard Version (1901) But what think ye? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to-day in the vineyard. Common English Bible “What do you think? A man had two sons. Now he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’ Catholic Public Domain Version But how does it seem to you? A certain man had two sons. And approaching the first, he said: 'Son, go out today to work in my vineyard.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But what think you? A certain man had two sons; and coming to the first, he said: Son, go work to day in my vineyard. |
he said: yee. And when he was come into the house, Iesus spake first to him, saying: What thinkest thou Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take tribute, or poll money? of their children, or of strangers?
¶ For the kingdom of heaven is like unto an householder which went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.
And they answered Iesus, and said: we cannot tell. He likewise said unto them: neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
¶ Hearken another similitude. There was a certain householder, which set a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and made a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a strange country.
Tell us therefore: how thinkest thou? is it lawful to give tribute unto Cesar, or not?
As a man which is gone into a strange country and hath left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
Or think ye that those xviij. upon whom the tower in Siloe fell and slew them, were sinners above all men that dwell in Ierusalem?
Therefore my dear brethren, be ye steadfast and unmoveable, always rich in the works of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know how that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.