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Mark 12:7
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KJ21
But those husbandmen said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.’
ASV
But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
AMP
But those tenants said to each other, ‘This man is the heir! Come on, let us kill him [and destroy the evidence], and his inheritance will be ours!’
AMPC
But those tenants said to one another, Here is the heir; come on, let us put him to death, and [then] the inheritance will be ours.
BRG
But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be our’s.
CSB
But those tenant farmers said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
CSBA
But those tenant farmers said to one another, “This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.”
CEB
But those tenant farmers said to each other, ‘This is the heir. Let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
CJB
But the tenants said to each other, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!’
CEV
But they said to themselves, “Someday he will own this vineyard. Let's kill him! That way we can have it all for ourselves.”
DARBY
But those husbandmen said to one another, This is the heir: come, let us kill him and the inheritance will be ours.
DLNT
But those farmers said to themselves that ‘This one is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours’.
DRA
But the husbandmen said one to another: This is the heir; come let us kill him; and the inheritance shall be ours.
ERV
“But the farmers said to each other, ‘This is the owner’s son, and this vineyard will be his. If we kill him, it will be ours.’
EASY
But those farmers said to each other, “This is the son of our master. The garden will belong to him when his father dies. We should kill the son and then the garden will be ours.”
EHV
But those tenant farmers said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come on, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
ESV
But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
ESVUK
But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
EXB
“But the farmers said to each other, ‘This son will inherit the vineyard. Let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
GNV
But the husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
GW
“But those workers said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
GNT
But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the owner's son. Come on, let's kill him, and his property will be ours!’
HCSB
“But those tenant farmers said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!’
ICB
“But they said to each other, ‘This is the owner’s son. This vineyard will be his. If we kill him, then it will be ours.’
ISV
But those farmers told one another, ‘This is the heir. Come on, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!’
PHILLIPS
Then he began to talk to them in parables. “A man once planted a vineyard,” he said, “fenced it round, dug out the hole for the wine-press and built a watch-tower. Then he let it out to some farm-workers and went abroad. At the end of the season he sent a servant to the tenants to receive his share of the vintage. But they got hold of him, knocked him about and sent him off empty-handed. The owner tried again. He sent another servant to them, but this one they knocked on the head and generally insulted. Once again he sent them another servant, but him they murdered. He sent many others and some they beat up and some they murdered. He had one man left—his own son who was very dear to him. He sent him last of all to the tenants, saying to himself, ‘They will surely respect my own son.’ But they said to each other, ‘This fellow is the future owner—come on, let’s kill him, and the property will be ours! So they got hold of him and murdered him, and threw his body out of the vineyard. What do you suppose the owner of the vineyard is going to do? He will come and destroy the men who were working his vineyard and will hand it over to others. Have you never read this scripture—‘The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. This was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?’”
JUB
But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the place shall be ours.
KJV
But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.'
AKJV
But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
LSB
But those vine-growers said to one another, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!’
LEB
But those tenant farmers said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and the inheritance will be ours!’
TLB
“But when the farmers saw him coming they said, ‘He will own the farm when his father dies. Come on, let’s kill him—and then the farm will be ours!’
MSG
“But those farmhands saw their chance. They rubbed their hands together in greed and said, ‘This is the heir! Let’s kill him and have it all for ourselves.’ They grabbed him, killed him, and threw him over the fence.
MEV
“But those vinedressers said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
MOUNCE
But those · tenants said to themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
NOG
“But those workers said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
NABRE
But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
NASB
But those vine-growers said to one another, ‘This is the heir; come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!’
NASB1995
But those vine-growers said to one another, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!’
NCB
But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!’
NCV
“But the farmers said to each other, ‘This son will inherit the vineyard. If we kill him, it will be ours.’
NET
But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and the inheritance will be ours!’
NIRV
“But the renters said to each other, ‘This is the one who will receive all the owner’s property someday. Come, let’s kill him. Then everything will be ours.’
NIV
“But the tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
NIVUK
‘But the tenants said to one another, “This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.”
NKJV
But those vinedressers said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
NLV
The farmers said to themselves, ‘This is the one who will get everything when the owner dies. Let us kill him and we will get everything.’
NLT
“But the tenant farmers said to one another, ‘Here comes the heir to this estate. Let’s kill him and get the estate for ourselves!’
NMB
But the tenants said amongst themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.
NRSVA
But those tenants said to one another, “This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.”
NRSVACE
But those tenants said to one another, “This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.”
NRSVCE
But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
NRSVUE
But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
NTFE
“But the tenant farmers said to themselves, ‘This is the heir! Come on—let’s kill him, and we’ll get the inheritance!’
OJB
But those koremim said to themselves, This one is the Yoresh (Heir) the Bechor. Come, let us kill him, and the nachalah, the bechorah, will be ours.
RGT
“But the farmers said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him. And the inheritance shall be ours.’
RSV
But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
RSVCE
But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
TLV
“But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir! Come on, let’s kill him and the inheritance will be ours!’
VOICE
But when the tenant farmers saw the owner’s son coming, they said among themselves, “Look at this! It’s the son, the heir to this vineyard. If we kill him, then the land will be ours!”
WEB
But those farmers said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
WE
But the men said to each other, "This is the one who will have everything when his father dies. Let us kill him. Then everything will belong to us."
WYC
But the earth-tillers said together [said to themselves], This is the heir; come ye, slay we him, and the heritage shall be ours.
YLT
and those husbandmen said among themselves -- This is the heir, come, we may kill him, and ours shall be the inheritance;
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