Matthew 21:40
New International Version
“Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?”

New Living Translation
“When the owner of the vineyard returns,” Jesus asked, “what do you think he will do to those farmers?”

English Standard Version
When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?”

Berean Standard Bible
Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?”

Berean Literal Bible
Therefore when the master of the vineyard shall come, what will he do to those farmers?"

King James Bible
When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?

New King James Version
“Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vinedressers?”

New American Standard Bible
Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-growers?”

NASB 1995
“Therefore when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-growers?”

NASB 1977
“Therefore when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-growers?”

Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-growers?”

Amplified Bible
Now when the owner of the vineyard comes back, what will he do to those tenants?”

Christian Standard Bible
Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers? ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?"”

American Standard Version
When therefore the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do unto those husbandmen?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“Therefore, when the Lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those laborers?”

Contemporary English Version
Jesus asked, "When the owner of that vineyard comes, what do you suppose he will do to those renters?"

Douay-Rheims Bible
When therefore the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do to those husbandmen?

English Revised Version
When therefore the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do unto those husbandmen?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Now, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those workers?"

Good News Translation
"Now, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?" Jesus asked.

International Standard Version
Now when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those farmers?"

Literal Standard Version
whenever therefore the lord of the vineyard may come, what will he do to these farmers?”

Majority Standard Bible
Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?”

New American Bible
What will the owner of the vineyard do to those tenants when he comes?”

NET Bible
Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?"

New Revised Standard Version
Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?”

New Heart English Bible
When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?"

Webster's Bible Translation
When therefore the Lord of the vineyard cometh, what will he do to those husbandmen?

Weymouth New Testament
When then the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-dressers?"

World English Bible
When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?”

Young's Literal Translation
whenever therefore the lord of the vineyard may come, what will he do to these husbandmen?'

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Parable of the Wicked Tenants
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?” 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.”…

Cross References
Isaiah 5:3
"And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard.

Matthew 21:34
When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit.

Matthew 21:39
So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

Matthew 21:41
"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."


Treasury of Scripture

When the lord therefore of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?

what.

Mark 12:9
What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.

Luke 20:15,16
So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them? …

Hebrews 10:29
Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

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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.














Verse 40. - When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh; when therefore the lord, etc. Christ asks his hearers, who are both rulers and people, what in their opinion will be the course taken by the lord when he visits his vineyard, knowing all that has transpired. So Isaiah (Isaiah 5:3) makes the people give the verdict: "And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Therefore,
οὖν (oun)
Conjunction
Strong's 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.

when
Ὅταν (Hotan)
Conjunction
Strong's 3752: When, whenever. From hote and an; whenever; also causatively inasmuch as.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative 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.

owner
κύριος (kyrios)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.

of 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.

returns,
ἔλθῃ (elthē)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2064: To come, go.

what
τί (ti)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

will he do
ποιήσει (poiēsei)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

to those
ἐκείνοις (ekeinois)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 1565: That, that one there, yonder. From ekei; that one (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed.

tenants?”
γεωργοῖς (geōrgois)
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 1092: From ge and the base of ergon; a land-worker, i.e. Farmer.


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