Matthew 21:34-39

Holman Christian Standard Bible

³⁴ When the grape harvest^[a] drew near, he sent his slaves to the farmers to collect his fruit. ³⁵ But the farmers took his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.^{(A) 36} Again, he sent other slaves, more than the first group, and they did the same to them. ³⁷ Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

³⁸ “But when the tenant farmers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and take his inheritance!’^{(B) 39} So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.