“But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’”
Matthew 21:38 (BSB)
Context Reading
36Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the tenants did the same to them. 37Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said. 38But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’ 39So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. 40Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?”