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Matthew 21:40
Matthew 21:40 is verse 40 of Matthew chapter 21, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?”
King James Version
When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?
World English Bible
When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?”
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Matthew 21:38–42 · Berean Standard Bible
38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’
39 So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
40 Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?”
41 “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”
42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Mark 12:9What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants, and will give the vineyard to others.
Luke 20:15So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
Luke 20:16He will come and kill those tenants, and will give the vineyard to others.” And when the people heard this, they said, “May such a thing never happen!”
Hebrews 10:29How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?