Matthew 21:34-35

21:34 When the harvest time was near, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his portion of the crop. 21:35 But the tenants seized his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

Matthew 21:41

21:41 They said to him, “He will utterly destroy those evil men! Then he will lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his portion at the harvest.”


tn See the note on the word “slave” in 8:9.

tn Grk “to collect his fruits.”

sn The image of the tenants mistreating the owner’s slaves pictures the nation’s rejection of the prophets and their message.