21:34 When the harvest time was near, he sent his slaves 1 to the tenants to collect his portion of the crop. 2 21:35 But the tenants seized his slaves, beat one, 3 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.”
1 tn See the note on the word “slave” in 8:9.
2 tnGrk “to collect his fruits.”
3 sn The image of the tenants mistreating the owner’s slaves pictures the nation’s rejection of the prophets and their message.