What more could have been done to my vineyard, that I have not done for it? Why, when I looked for it to yield grapes, did it make stink berries?
Matthew 21:34 - Y'all Version Bible When harvest time came near, he sent his servants to the tenants to receive 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 to my vineyard, that I have not done for it? Why, when I looked for it to yield grapes, did it make stink berries?
Again and again, I have sent all my servants the prophets to y’all, saying, ‘Every one of y’all must turn away your* evil way, amend your* deeds, and stop following after other gods to serve them. Then y’all will dwell in the land which I have given to y’all and to y’all’s ancestors.’ But y’all have not turned your* ear and obeyed me.
The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
But the tenants, when they saw the son, said among themselves, ‘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?”
They told him, “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end, and will lease out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the proceeds at harvest time.”
He sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding banquet, but they were unwilling to come.
He began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the wine press, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some farmers and went into another country.
But those farmers said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
What then will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.
He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenant farmers, and travelled abroad for a long time.