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The Parable of the Wicked Tenants

Matthew 21:34

In 9 translations

BSB
When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit.
KJV
And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.
WEB
When the season for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the farmers to receive his fruit.
ASV
And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, to receive his fruits.
LSV
And when the season of the fruits came near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to receive the fruits of it,
YLT
'And when the season of the fruits came nigh, he sent his servants unto the husbandmen, to receive the fruits of it,
DBY
But when the time of fruit drew near, he sent his bondmen to the husbandmen to receive his fruits.
DRC
And when the time of the fruits drew nigh, he sent his servants to the husbandmen that they might receive the fruits thereof.
GNV
And when the time of the fruite drewe neere, hee sent his seruants to the husbandmen to receiue the fruites thereof.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ὅτε δὲ ἤγγισεν ὁ καιρὸς τῶν καρπῶν, ἀπέστειλεν τοὺς δούλους αὐτοῦ πρὸς τοὺς γεωργοὺς λαβεῖν τοὺς καρποὺς αὐτοῦ.
RP2018
Ὅτε δὲ ἤγγισεν ὁ καιρὸς τῶν καρπῶν, ἀπέστειλεν τοὺς δούλους αὐτοῦ πρὸς τοὺς γεωργούς, λαβεῖν τοὺς καρποὺς αὐτοῦ.
TR-Boyd
Ὅτε δὲ ἤγγισεν ὁ καιρὸς τῶν καρπῶν, ἀπέστειλε τοὺς δούλους αὐτοῦ πρὸς τοὺς γεωργούς, λαβεῖν τοὺς καρποὺς αὐτοῦ.
SCR1894
οτε δε ηγγισεν ο καιρος των καρπων απεστειλεν τους δουλους αυτου προς τους γεωργους λαβειν τους καρπους αυτου

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  • Luke 20:10–19At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed. So he sent another servant, but they beat him and…
  • Zechariah 1:3–6So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.’ Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets…
  • Isaiah 5:4What more could I have done for My vineyard than I already did for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?
  • 2 Kings 17:13–23Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and…
  • Nehemiah 9:29–30You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They stubbornly shrugged their…
  • Zechariah 7:9–13“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your…
  • Mark 12:2–5At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. Then he sent them another servant, and they…
  • Matthew 22:3He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.
  • 2 Chronicles 36:15–16Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words…
  • Song of Songs 8:11–12Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver. But my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you, O Solomon, and…
  • Jeremiah 25:3–7“From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened. And the…
  • Jeremiah 35:15Again and again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: ‘Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways, and correct your actions. Do not go after other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I have…

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