But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and seize his inheritance.’
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Matthew 21:38 in context
Matthew 21:35–41
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The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
36
Again, he sent other servants more than the first; and they treated them the same way.
37
But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
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But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and seize his inheritance.’
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So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard, then killed him.
40
When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?”
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They told him, “He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers who will give him the fruit in its season.”
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