Catholic Public Domain Version
"But the farmers, seeing the son, said among themselves: ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and then we will have his inheritance.’ "
— Matthew 21:38, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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.”
“But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance. ”
“But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and seize his inheritance.'”
“But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves,‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and get his inheritance!’”
“But the husbandmen seeing the son, said among themselves: This is the heir: come, let us kill him, and we shall have his inheritance.”
“But when the workmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property; come, let us put him to death and take his heritage.”
“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.”
And the farmers apprehended his servants; they struck one, and killed another, and stoned yet another.
Again, he sent other servants, more than before; and they treated them similarly.
Then, at the very end, he sent his son to them, saying: ‘They will revere my son.’
But the farmers, seeing the son, said among themselves: ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and then we will have his inheritance.’
And apprehending him, they cast him outside the vineyard, and they killed him.
Therefore, when the lord of the vineyard arrives, what will he do to those farmers?”
They said to him, “He will bring those evil men to an evil end, and he will loan out his vineyard to other farmers, who shall repay to him the fruit in its time.”