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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/matthew/21.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/matthew/21.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/matthew/21.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“When the owner of the vineyard returns,” Jesus asked, “what do you think he will do to those farmers?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/matthew/21.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/matthew/21.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/matthew/21.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Therefore when the master of the vineyard shall come, what will he do to those farmers?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/matthew/21.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/matthew/21.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vinedressers?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/matthew/21.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-growers?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/matthew/21.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Therefore when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-growers?&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/matthew/21.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Therefore when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-growers?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/matthew/21.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Therefore when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-growers?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/matthew/21.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Now when the owner of the vineyard comes back, what will he do to those tenants?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/matthew/21.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers? ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/matthew/21.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?"&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/matthew/21.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />When therefore the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do unto those husbandmen?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/matthew/21.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Jesus asked, "When the owner of that vineyard comes, what do you suppose he will do to those renters?" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/matthew/21.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />When therefore the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do unto those husbandmen?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/matthew/21.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Now, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those workers?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/matthew/21.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"Now, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?" Jesus asked. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/matthew/21.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Now when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those farmers?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/matthew/21.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants??<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/matthew/21.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/matthew/21.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/matthew/21.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />When therefore the Lord of the vineyard cometh, what will he do to those husbandmen?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/matthew/21.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />When then the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-dressers?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/matthew/21.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/matthew/21.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />whenever therefore the lord of the vineyard may come, what will he do to these farmers?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/matthew/21.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Therefore when the master of the vineyard shall come, what will he do to those farmers?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/matthew/21.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> whenever therefore the lord of the vineyard may come, what will he do to these husbandmen?'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/matthew/21.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />When, therefore, the lord of the vineyard should come, what will he do to those farmers?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/matthew/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />When therefore the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do to those husbandmen? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/matthew/21.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Therefore, when the lord of the vineyard arrives, what will he do to those farmers?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/matthew/21.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />What will the owner of the vineyard do to those tenants when he comes?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/matthew/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/matthew/21.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those laborers?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/matthew/21.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />“Therefore, when the Lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those laborers?”<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/matthew/21.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine dressers?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/matthew/21.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>Then when the lord of the vine-yard may come, what will he do to those husbandmen?<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/matthew/21.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />When therefore the master of the vineyard cometh, what will he do with these husbandmen?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/matthew/21.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />when the master therefore of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/matthew/21.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />When then the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-dressers?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/matthew/21.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>When, therefore, the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those husband-men?"<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/matthew/21.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>When therefore the lord of the vineyard cometh, what will he do to those husbandmen?<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/21-40.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hriiyJYqzvc?start=6299" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/matthew/21.htm">The Parable of the Wicked Tenants</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">39</span>So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. <span class="reftext">40</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/3767.htm" title="3767: oun (Conj) -- Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.">Therefore,</a> <a href="/greek/3752.htm" title="3752: Hotan (Conj) -- When, whenever. From hote and an; whenever; also causatively inasmuch as.">when</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/2962.htm" title="2962: kyrios (N-NMS) -- Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.">owner</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of the</a> <a href="/greek/290.htm" title="290: ampelōnos (N-GMS) -- A vineyard. From ampelos; a vineyard.">vineyard</a> <a href="/greek/2064.htm" title="2064: elthē (V-ASA-3S) -- To come, go. ">returns,</a> <a href="/greek/5101.htm" title="5101: ti (IPro-ANS) -- Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.">what</a> <a href="/greek/4160.htm" title="4160: poiēsei (V-FIA-3S) -- (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.">will he do</a> <a href="/greek/1565.htm" title="1565: ekeinois (DPro-DMP) -- That, that one there, yonder. From ekei; that one (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed.">to those</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tois (Art-DMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1092.htm" title="1092: geōrgois (N-DMP) -- From ge and the base of ergon; a land-worker, i.e. Farmer.">tenants?”</a> </span> <span class="reftext">41</span>“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.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/12-9.htm">Mark 12:9</a></span><br />What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/20-15.htm">Luke 20:15-16</a></span><br />So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them? / He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” And when the people heard this, they said, “May such a thing never happen!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-1.htm">Isaiah 5:1-7</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/118-22.htm">Psalm 118:22-23</a></span><br />The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. / This is from the LORD, and it is marvelous in our eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/4-11.htm">Acts 4:11</a></span><br />This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-7.htm">1 Peter 2:7</a></span><br />To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-30.htm">Romans 9:30-33</a></span><br />What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith; / but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it. / Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/8-12.htm">Matthew 8:12</a></span><br />But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/22-7.htm">Matthew 22:7</a></span><br />The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37-38</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-1.htm">John 15:1-8</a></span><br />“I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard. / He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful. / You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-12.htm">Hebrews 3:12-19</a></span><br />See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God. / But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. / We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/12-10.htm">Jeremiah 12:10</a></span><br />Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/19-10.htm">Ezekiel 19:10-14</a></span><br />Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of the abundant waters. / It had strong branches, fit for a ruler’s scepter. It towered high above the thick branches, conspicuous for its height and for its dense foliage. / But it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/9-10.htm">Hosea 9:10</a></span><br />I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">When the lord therefore of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?</p><p class="hdg">what.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/mark/12-9.htm">Mark 12:9</a></b></br> What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/20-15.htm">Luke 20:15,16</a></b></br> So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed <i>him</i>. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/10-29.htm">Hebrews 10:29</a></b></br> 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?</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/matthew/21-38.htm">Farmers</a> <a href="/matthew/21-38.htm">Husbandmen</a> <a href="/matthew/21-38.htm">Owner</a> <a href="/matthew/21-38.htm">Tenants</a> <a href="/matthew/21-38.htm">Vine-Dressers</a> <a href="/matthew/21-39.htm">Vine-Garden</a> <a href="/matthew/21-38.htm">Vine-Growers</a> <a href="/matthew/21-39.htm">Vineyard</a> <a href="/matthew/19-3.htm">Whenever</a> <a href="/matthew/21-38.htm">Workmen</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/21-41.htm">Farmers</a> <a href="/matthew/21-41.htm">Husbandmen</a> <a href="/mark/12-7.htm">Owner</a> <a href="/matthew/21-41.htm">Tenants</a> <a href="/matthew/21-41.htm">Vine-Dressers</a> <a href="/matthew/21-41.htm">Vine-Garden</a> <a href="/matthew/21-41.htm">Vine-Growers</a> <a href="/matthew/21-41.htm">Vineyard</a> <a href="/matthew/24-15.htm">Whenever</a> <a href="/mark/12-2.htm">Workmen</a><div class="vheading2">Matthew 21</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/21-1.htm">Jesus rides into Jerusalem upon a donkey</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/21-12.htm">drives the buyers and sellers out of the temple;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/21-17.htm">curses the fig tree;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/21-23.htm">puts to silence the priests and elders,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/21-28.htm">and rebukes them by the parable of the two sons,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/21-33.htm">and the husbandmen who slew such as were sent to them.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/matthew/21.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/matthew/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/matthew/21.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns,</b><br>The word "therefore" connects this statement to the preceding parable of the wicked tenants. The "owner of the vineyard" symbolizes God, who is often depicted as a landowner or vineyard owner in biblical literature (<a href="/isaiah/5.htm">Isaiah 5:1-7</a>). The vineyard represents Israel, God's chosen people. The concept of God returning is a common theme in Scripture, often associated with judgment and accountability (<a href="/malachi/3.htm">Malachi 3:1-2</a>). The return of the owner signifies a time of reckoning, reflecting the eschatological expectation of God's ultimate judgment.<p><b>what will he do to those tenants?”</b><br>The "tenants" represent the religious leaders of Israel who were entrusted with the care of God's people but failed in their responsibilities. This question is rhetorical, prompting the audience to consider the justice and consequences of the tenants' actions. In the cultural context, tenant farming was common, and failure to deliver the produce to the owner would result in severe penalties. This mirrors the biblical principle of reaping what one sows (<a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7</a>). The question foreshadows the judgment that will come upon those who reject God's messengers and ultimately His Son, Jesus Christ, who is the heir in the parable. This aligns with the prophetic warnings found throughout the Old Testament, where God promises to hold His people accountable for their unfaithfulness (<a href="/jeremiah/25-4.htm">Jeremiah 25:4-7</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/o/owner_of_the_vineyard.htm">Owner of the Vineyard</a></b><br>Represents God, who has entrusted His creation and His people to stewards.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/v/vineyard.htm">Vineyard</a></b><br>Symbolizes Israel, God's chosen people, and by extension, the Kingdom of God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/tenants.htm">Tenants</a></b><br>The religious leaders of Israel who were entrusted with the care of God's people but failed in their responsibilities.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/r/return_of_the_owner.htm">Return of the Owner</a></b><br>Refers to God's judgment and the accountability that will be required from those who have been given stewardship.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/parable_of_the_wicked_tenants.htm">Parable of the Wicked Tenants</a></b><br>An event where Jesus uses a parable to illustrate the failure of the religious leaders and the coming judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/s/stewardship_and_accountability.htm">Stewardship and Accountability</a></b><br>God entrusts us with responsibilities, and we are accountable for how we manage them.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/rejection_of_god's_messengers.htm">Rejection of God's Messengers</a></b><br>The parable warns against rejecting those whom God sends to guide and correct us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/j/judgment_and_justice.htm">Judgment and Justice</a></b><br>God's justice will prevail, and those who misuse their authority will face consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/inclusion_in_god's_kingdom.htm">Inclusion in God's Kingdom</a></b><br>The parable foreshadows the opening of God's kingdom to all who believe, not just the original stewards.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_leadership.htm">Faithfulness in Leadership</a></b><br>Leaders are called to be faithful stewards, caring for those under their charge with integrity and love.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_matthew_21.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Matthew 21</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_stress_about_tomorrow_now.htm">Why did God's vineyard produce only wild grapes?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_hanbali_islam.htm">What parables did Jesus teach in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_expect_change_from_violent_tenants.htm">Luke 20:9-16: How can a just God expect a different outcome after repeatedly sending messengers and then His Son to violent tenants?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_pay_latecomers_like_early_workers.htm">Why should latecomers receive equal pay as early workers?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/matthew/21.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 40.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh;</span> <span class="accented">when therefore the lord</span>, 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 (<a href="/isaiah/5-3.htm">Isaiah 5:3</a>) 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." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/matthew/21-40.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">Therefore,</span><br /><span class="grk">οὖν</span> <span class="translit">(oun)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3767.htm">Strong's 3767: </a> </span><span class="str2">Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">when</span><br /><span class="grk">Ὅταν</span> <span class="translit">(Hotan)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3752.htm">Strong's 3752: </a> </span><span class="str2">When, whenever. From hote and an; whenever; also causatively inasmuch as.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the</span><br /><span class="grk">ὁ</span> <span class="translit">(ho)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">owner</span><br /><span class="grk">κύριος</span> <span class="translit">(kyrios)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2962.htm">Strong's 2962: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the</span><br /><span class="grk">τοῦ</span> <span class="translit">(tou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">vineyard</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀμπελῶνος</span> <span class="translit">(ampelōnos)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_290.htm">Strong's 290: </a> </span><span class="str2">A vineyard. From ampelos; a vineyard.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">returns,</span><br /><span class="grk">ἔλθῃ</span> <span class="translit">(elthē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2064.htm">Strong's 2064: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come, go. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">what</span><br /><span class="grk">τί</span> <span class="translit">(ti)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5101.htm">Strong's 5101: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will he do</span><br /><span class="grk">ποιήσει</span> <span class="translit">(poiēsei)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4160.htm">Strong's 4160: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to those</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐκείνοις</span> <span class="translit">(ekeinois)</span><br /><span class="parse">Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1565.htm">Strong's 1565: </a> </span><span class="str2">That, that one there, yonder. From ekei; that one (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">tenants?”</span><br /><span class="grk">γεωργοῖς</span> <span class="translit">(geōrgois)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1092.htm">Strong's 1092: </a> </span><span class="str2">From ge and the base of ergon; a land-worker, i.e. Farmer.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/matthew/21-40.htm">Matthew 21:40 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/matthew/21-40.htm">Matthew 21:40 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/matthew/21-40.htm">Matthew 21:40 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/matthew/21-40.htm">Matthew 21:40 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/matthew/21-40.htm">Matthew 21:40 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/matthew/21-40.htm">Matthew 21:40 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/matthew/21-40.htm">Matthew 21:40 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/matthew/21-40.htm">Matthew 21:40 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/matthew/21-40.htm">Matthew 21:40 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/matthew/21-40.htm">Matthew 21:40 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/matthew/21-40.htm">NT Gospels: Matthew 21:40 When therefore the lord of the vineyard (Matt. 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