King James Version (KJV)
Matthew 21:40
“‹When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?›”
Verse in context — Matthew 21
‹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 they caught him, and cast› [him] ‹out of the vineyard, and slew› [him].
‹When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?›
They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out [his] vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
Jesus saith unto them, ‹Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?›
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