Matthew 21:34
32 For John came to you in a righteous way and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.
33 Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.
When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit.
35 But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
36 Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the tenants did the same to them.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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.
- DARBY
- But when the time of fruit drew near, he sent his bondmen to the husbandmen to receive his fruits.
- BLB
- And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers to receive his fruits.
- ÅB
- Da det nørmet seg tiden for å høste sendte han tjenerne sine til vingårdsmennene for å ta imot den frukten som tilfalt ham.
- OTB
- Da innhøstingstiden nærmet seg, sendte han tjenerne sine til forpakterne for å hente sin del av avlingen.
- B1930
- Da det nu led mot frukttiden, sendte han sine tjenere til vingårdsmennene for å ta imot den frukt som han skulde ha;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 20:10–19
At 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.
Read in contextIsaiah 5:4
What 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?
Read in contextZechariah 1:3–6
So 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.’
Read in contextNehemiah 9:29–30
You 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 shoulders; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.
Read in context2 Kings 17:13–23
Yet 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 delivered to you through My servants the prophets.”
Read in contextZechariah 7:9–13
“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 8:11–12
Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver.
Read in contextMark 12:2–5
At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard.
Read in context