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Matthew 21:38-40
New English Translation
Matthew 21:38-40
New English Translation
38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and get his inheritance!’ 39 So[a] they seized him,[b] threw him out of the vineyard,[c] and killed him. 40 Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?”
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- Matthew 21:39 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the tenants’ decision to kill the son in v. 38.
- Matthew 21:39 tn Grk “seizing him.” The participle λαβόντες (labontes) has been translated as attendant circumstance.
- Matthew 21:39 sn Throwing the heir out of the vineyard pictures Jesus’ death outside of Jerusalem.
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