Matthew 21:39
New International Version
So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

New Living Translation
So they grabbed him, dragged him out of the vineyard, and murdered him.

English Standard Version
And they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

Berean Standard Bible
So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

Berean Literal Bible
And having taking him, they cast him out of the vineyard and killed him.

King James Bible
And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.

New King James Version
So they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and killed him.

New American Standard Bible
And they took him and threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

NASB 1995
“They took him, and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

NASB 1977
“And they took him, and threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

Legacy Standard Bible
And they took him, and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

Amplified Bible
So they took the son and threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

Christian Standard Bible
So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

American Standard Version
And they took him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him.

Contemporary English Version
So they grabbed him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

English Revised Version
And they took him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So they grabbed him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

Good News Translation
So they grabbed him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

International Standard Version
So they grabbed him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

Majority Standard Bible
So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

NET Bible
So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

New Heart English Bible
So they took him, and threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.

Weymouth New Testament
"So they seized him, dragged him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

World English Bible
So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard, then killed him.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and having taken him, they cast [him] out of the vineyard, and killed him;

Berean Literal Bible
And having taking him, they cast him out of the vineyard and killed him.

Young's Literal Translation
and having taken him, they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him;

Smith's Literal Translation
And having taken, they cast out of the vineyard, and killed.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And taking him, they cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And apprehending him, they cast him outside the vineyard, and they killed him.

New American Bible
They seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

New Revised Standard Version
So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
So they seized him, and took him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“And they seized and led him outside of the vineyard and killed him.”
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And they took him, and carried him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

Godbey New Testament
And taking him, they cast him out of the vine-yard, and slew him.

Haweis New Testament
And they took him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.

Mace New Testament
so seizing upon him, they turn'd him out of the vineyard, and slew him.

Weymouth New Testament
"So they seized him, dragged him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

Worrell New Testament
And, taking him, they cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him.

Worsley New Testament
so they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and slew him.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Parable of the Wicked Tenants
38But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’ 39So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. 40Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?”…

Cross References
Mark 12:8
So they seized the son, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.

Luke 20:15
So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

Hebrews 13:12
And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.

Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—

John 1:11
He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.

John 19:15-18
At this, they shouted, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” “Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” replied the chief priests. / Then Pilate handed Jesus over to be crucified, and the soldiers took Him away. / Carrying His own cross, He went out to The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha. ...

Acts 2:23
He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.

Acts 4:10-11
then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. / This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’

Romans 11:3
“Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well”?

1 Thessalonians 2:15
who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,

Isaiah 5:1-7
I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. / He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour! / “And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard. ...

Psalm 118:22
The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

Genesis 37:18-20
Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him. / “Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another. / “Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”

1 Kings 21:13
And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.

2 Chronicles 24:21
But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.


Treasury of Scripture

And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.

caught.

Matthew 26:50,57
And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him…

Mark 14:46-53
And they laid their hands on him, and took him…

Luke 22:52-54
Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves? …

cast.

Hebrews 13:11-13
For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp…

slew.

Acts 2:23
Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

Acts 3:14,15
But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; …

Acts 4:10
Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.

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Matthew 21
1. Jesus rides into Jerusalem upon a donkey
12. drives the buyers and sellers out of the temple;
17. curses the fig tree;
23. puts to silence the priests and elders,
28. and rebukes them by the parable of the two sons,
33. and the husbandmen who slew such as were sent to them.














So they seized him
This phrase marks the beginning of a climactic moment in the parable of the wicked tenants. The Greek word for "seized" is "κρατέω" (krateo), which implies a forceful and authoritative action. In the context of the parable, this action represents the tenants' blatant rejection of the landowner's authority. Historically, this reflects the religious leaders' rejection of the prophets and, ultimately, Jesus Himself. The act of seizing is a metaphor for the spiritual rebellion against God's messengers.

and threw him out of the vineyard
The act of throwing the son out of the vineyard signifies a complete and utter rejection. The vineyard, often a symbol for Israel (as seen in Isaiah 5), represents God's chosen people and His kingdom. The Greek word "ἐκβάλλω" (ekballo) for "threw" suggests a violent expulsion. This action foreshadows Jesus being cast out of Jerusalem and crucified outside the city walls, highlighting the rejection by the very people He came to save.

and killed him
The culmination of the tenants' rebellion is the murder of the son, which is a direct prophecy of Jesus' crucifixion. The Greek word "ἀποκτείνω" (apokteino) for "killed" is used to describe a deliberate and premeditated act of murder. This reflects the ultimate rejection of Jesus as the Messiah by the religious leaders. Historically, this act is the fulfillment of the Old Testament prophecies regarding the suffering servant (Isaiah 53). It underscores the gravity of sin and the extent of God's love, as He sent His Son knowing He would be rejected and killed.

(39) Cast him out of the vineyard.--The minor touches of a parable are not always to be pressed in our interpretation of it; but we can hardly help seeing here a latent reference to the facts (1) that our Lord was delivered over to the judgment of the Gentiles; and (2) that He was crucified outside the Holy City, (John 19:20; Hebrews 13:12), which was, in a special sense, as the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts.

Verse 39. - Cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. This is prophecy, and alludes to a particular circumstance attending the death of Christ, viz. that he suffered without the city Jerusalem, Calvary being outside the walls (see John 19:17, and the parallel passages in the other evangelists, and especially Hebrews 13:11, 12, where it is significantly noted that Jesus "suffered without the gate"). The words may also contain a reference to the fact that he was excommunicated and given over to the heathen to be judged and condemned, thus suffering not actually at the hands of "the husbandmen" (comp. Acts 2:23; Acts 4:27). Christ, in his Divine prescience, speaks of his Passion and death as already accomplished.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
And
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

they took
λαβόντες (labontes)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 2983: (a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.

him
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

[and] threw [him]
ἐξέβαλον (exebalon)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1544: To throw (cast, put) out; I banish; I bring forth, produce. From ek and ballo; to eject.

out of
ἔξω (exō)
Preposition
Strong's 1854: Without, outside. Adverb from ek; out(-side, of doors), literally or figuratively.

the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

vineyard
ἀμπελῶνος (ampelōnos)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 290: A vineyard. From ampelos; a vineyard.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

killed [him].
ἀπέκτειναν (apekteinan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 615: To put to death, kill; fig: I abolish. From apo and kteino; to kill outright; figuratively, to destroy.


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