Matthew 21:38 · KJV
“But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.”
— Matthew 21:38
But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
And they caught him, and cast {him} out of the vineyard, and slew {him}.
Matthew 21 — Context
Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.
37But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
38But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
39And they caught him, and cast {him} out of the vineyard, and slew {him}.
40When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?
Cross References
Genesis 37:18-20
And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
Luke 20:14
But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
Hebrews 1:2
Hath in these last days spoken unto us by {his} Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
Mark 12:7-8
But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
John 11:47-53
Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.
Matthew 26:3-4
Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
Acts 4:27-28
For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
Acts 5:24-28
Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.