What more should I have done for my vineyard that I did not do for it? Should I not have expected it to produce grapes, though it produced wild vines?
Matthew 21:37 - Catholic Public Domain Version Then, at the very end, he sent his son to them, saying: 'They will revere my son.' 更多版本King 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And last of all he sent to them his son, saying: They will reverence my son. English Standard Version 2016 Finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ |
What more should I have done for my vineyard that I did not do for it? Should I not have expected it to produce grapes, though it produced wild vines?
Perhaps it may be that the house of Judah, upon hearing all the evils that I have decided to do to them, may return, each one from his wicked way, and then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin."
I said: Nevertheless, you will fear me; you will accept discipline. And her dwelling place will not perish, despite all the things about which I have visited her. Yet truly, they arose with the dawn and corrupted all their thoughts.
But the farmers, seeing the son, said among themselves: 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and then we will have his inheritance.'
And behold, there was a voice from heaven, saying: "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."
Therefore, having still one son, most dear to him, he sent him also to them, at the very end, saying, 'For they will reverence my son.'
Then the lord of the vineyard said: 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. Perhaps when they have seen him, they will respect him.'
No one ever saw God; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he himself has described him.
For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that all who believe in him may not perish, but may have eternal life.