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Matthew 21:37
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KJ21
But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, ‘They will reverence my son.’
ASV
But afterward he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
AMP
Finally he sent his own son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son and have regard for him.’
AMPC
Finally he sent his own son to them, saying, They will respect and give heed to my son.
BRG
But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
CSB
Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.
CSBA
Finally, he sent his son to them. “They will respect my son,” he said.
CEB
Finally he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.
CJB
Finally, he sent them his son, saying, ‘My son they will respect.’
CEV
Finally, the owner sent his own son to the renters, because he thought they would respect him.
DARBY
And at last he sent to them his son, saying, They will have respect for my son.
DLNT
But finally he sent forth his son to them, saying, ‘They will have-regard-for my son’.
DRA
And last of all he sent to them his son, saying: They will reverence my son.
ERV
So the man decided to send his son to the farmers. He said, ‘The farmers will respect my son.’
EASY
After that, the master sent his own son to the farmers. He thought, “The farmers will surely respect my son.”
EHV
Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.
ESV
Finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
ESVUK
Finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
EXB
·So [L Finally; Last of all] the man sent his son to the farmers [C the son represents Jesus]. He said, ‘They will respect my son.’
GNV
But last of all he sent unto them his own son, saying, They will reverence my son.
GW
“Finally, he sent his son to them. He thought, ‘They will respect my son.’
GNT
Last of all he sent his son to them. ‘Surely they will respect my son,’ he said.
HCSB
Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.
ICB
So the man decided to send his son to the farmers. He said, ‘The farmers will respect my son.’
ISV
Finally, he sent his son to them, thinking, ‘They will respect my son.’
PHILLIPS
“Now listen to another story. There was once a man, a land-owner, who planted a vineyard, fenced it round, dug out a hole for the wine-press and built a watch-tower. Then he let it out to farm-workers and went abroad. When the vintage-time approached he sent his servants to the farm-workers to receive his share of the proceeds. But they took the servants. beat up one, killed another, and drove off a third with stones. Then he sent some more servants, a larger party than the first, but they treated them in just the same way. Finally he sent his own son, thinking, ‘They will respect my son.’ Yet when the farm-workers saw the son they said to each other, ‘This fellow is the future owner. Come on, let’s kill him and we shall get everything that he would have had!’ So they took him, threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. Now when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those farm-workers?”
JUB
But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
KJV
But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
AKJV
But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
LSB
But afterward he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
LEB
So finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
TLB
Finally the owner sent his son, thinking they would surely respect him.
MSG
“The farmhands grabbed the first servant and beat him up. The next one they murdered. They threw stones at the third but he got away. The owner tried again, sending more servants. They got the same treatment. The owner was at the end of his rope. He decided to send his son. ‘Surely,’ he thought, ‘they will respect my son.’
MEV
Last of all, he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
MOUNCE
Finally · he sent his son to them, · saying, ‘They will respect · my son.’
NOG
“Finally, he sent his son to them. He thought, ‘They will respect my son.’
NABRE
Finally, he sent his son to them, thinking, ‘They will respect my son.’
NASB
But afterward he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
NASB1995
But afterward he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
NCB
“Finally, he sent his son to them, thinking, ‘They will respect my son.’
NCV
So the man decided to send his son to the farmers. He said, ‘They will respect my son.’
NET
Finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
NIRV
Last of all, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.
NIV
Last of all, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.
NIVUK
Last of all, he sent his son to them. “They will respect my son,” he said.
NKJV
Then last of all he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
NLV
After this he sent his son to them. He said to himself, ‘They will respect my son.’
NLT
“Finally, the owner sent his son, thinking, ‘Surely they will respect my son.’
NMB
Then last of all he sent to them his own son, saying, They will respect my son.
NRSVA
Finally he sent his son to them, saying, “They will respect my son.”
NRSVACE
Finally he sent his son to them, saying, “They will respect my son.”
NRSVCE
Finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
NRSVUE
Then he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
NTFE
Finally he sent his son to them. “ ‘They’ll respect my son,’ he said.
OJB
Lemaskana (finally, at last), the Baal Bayit sent to the koremim his Ben, saying, They will respect my Ben.
RGT
“But last of all he sent his own son to them, saying, ‘They will revere my son’.
RSV
Afterward he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
RSVCE
Afterward he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
TLV
Finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
VOICE
Finally the landowner sent his son to the tenants, thinking, “They will at least respect my son.”
WEB
But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
WE
`Last of all he sent his son to them. He said, "They will respect my son."
WYC
And at the last he sent his son to them, and said [saying], They shall dread my son.
YLT
`And at last he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son;
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