Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit. New Living Translation At the time of the grape harvest, he sent his servants to collect his share of the crop. English Standard Version When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to get his fruit. Berean Standard Bible When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit. Berean Literal Bible And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to receive his fruits. King James Bible And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. New King James Version Now when vintage-time drew near, he sent his servants to the vinedressers, that they might receive its fruit. New American Standard Bible And when the harvest time approached, he sent his slaves to the vine-growers to receive his fruit. NASB 1995 “When the harvest time approached, he sent his slaves to the vine-growers to receive his produce. NASB 1977 “And when the harvest time approached, he sent his slaves to the vine-growers to receive his produce. Legacy Standard Bible Now when the harvest time approached, he sent his slaves to the vine-growers to receive his fruit. Amplified Bible When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to get his [share of the] fruit. Christian Standard Bible When the time came to harvest fruit, he sent his servants to the farmers to collect his fruit. Holman Christian Standard Bible When the grape harvest drew near, he sent his slaves to the farmers to collect his fruit. American Standard Version And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, to receive his fruits. Aramaic Bible in Plain English “But when the fruit season had arrived, he sent his servants to the laborers so that they would send some of the fruit of the vineyard to him.” Contemporary English Version When it was harvest time, the owner sent some servants to get his share of the grapes. Douay-Rheims Bible And when the time of the fruits drew nigh, he sent his servants to the husbandmen that they might receive the fruits thereof. English Revised Version And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, to receive his fruits. GOD'S WORD® Translation "When the grapes were getting ripe, he sent his servants to the workers to collect his share of the produce. Good News Translation When the time came to gather the grapes, he sent his slaves to the tenants to receive his share of the harvest. International Standard Version When harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenant farmers to collect his produce. Literal Standard Version And when the season of the fruits came near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to receive the fruits of it, Majority Standard Bible When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit. New American Bible When vintage time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to obtain his produce. NET Bible When the harvest time was near, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his portion of the crop. New Revised Standard Version When the harvest time had come, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his produce. New Heart English Bible When the season for the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants, to receive his fruit. Webster's Bible Translation And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. Weymouth New Testament When vintage-time approached, he sent his servants to the vine-dressers to receive his share of the grapes; World English Bible When the season for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the farmers to receive his fruit. Young's Literal Translation 'And when the season of the fruits came nigh, he sent his servants unto the husbandmen, to receive the fruits of it, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Parable of the Wicked Tenants33Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey. 34 When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit. 35But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.… Cross References Matthew 21:35 But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. Matthew 21:38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.' Matthew 21:40 Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?" 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." Matthew 22:3 He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come. Mark 12:1 Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey. Mark 12:2 At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. Treasury of Scripture And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers, that they might receive the fruits of it. he sent. 2 Kings 17:13,14 Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets… 2 Chronicles 36:15,16 And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: … Nehemiah 9:29,30 And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear… that. Song of Solomon 8:11,12 Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver… Isaiah 5:4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? Jump to Previous Approached Bondmen Collect Drew Farmers Fruit Fruits Grapes Harvest Husbandmen Nigh Produce Receive Season Servants Share Slaves Tenants Time Vine-Dressers Vine-Growers Vintage-Time WorkmenJump to Next Approached Bondmen Collect Drew Farmers Fruit Fruits Grapes Harvest Husbandmen Nigh Produce Receive Season Servants Share Slaves Tenants Time Vine-Dressers Vine-Growers Vintage-Time WorkmenMatthew 21 1. Jesus rides into Jerusalem upon a donkey12. 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. (34) When the time of the fruit drew near.--We must be content here with following the general drift of the parable, and cannot find any exact parallel in the history of Israel to the successive sendings of the servants of the householder. It is enough to see in them the general expectation (comp. the language of Isaiah 5:4, "I looked that it should bring forth grapes") that the developed life of Israel should be worthy of its calling, and the mission of the prophets who. as the servants of Jehovah, were sent from time to time to call the people to bring forth the fruits of righteousness.Verse 34. - When the time of the fruit drew near. The vintage season, when the rent, whether in money or kind, became due. In the Jewish history no particular time seems to be signified, but rather such periods or crises which forced God's claims upon men's notice, and made them consider what fruits they had to show for all the Lord's care, how they had lived after receiving the Law. Such times were the ages of Samuel, Elijah, the great prophets, the Maccabees, and John the Baptist. His servants. The prophets, good kings, priests, and governors. "I have sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings" (Jeremiah 35:15). To receive the fruits of it ( Parallel Commentaries ... Greek WhenὍ Adverb Strong's 3753: When, at which time. From hos and te; at which too, i.e. When. the ὁ (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. harvest time Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 2540: Fitting season, season, opportunity, occasion, time. Of uncertain affinity; an occasion, i.e. Set or proper time. drew near, ἤγγισεν (ēngisen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1448: Trans: I bring near; intrans: I come near, approach. From eggus; to make near, i.e. approach. he sent ἀπέστειλεν (apesteilen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 649: From apo and stello; set apart, i.e. to send out literally or figuratively. his Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 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. servants δούλους (doulous) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 1401: (a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave. From deo; a slave. to Preposition Strong's 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward. the Article - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. tenants γεωργοὺς (geōrgous) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 1092: From ge and the base of ergon; a land-worker, i.e. Farmer. to collect Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active Strong's 2983: (a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of. his Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 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. share of the crop. καρποὺς (karpous) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 2590: Probably from the base of harpazo; fruit, literally or figuratively. 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