Matthew 21:40

40 “Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?”

Matthew 21:40 in Other Translations

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

40 When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?"

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

40 "Now, when the owner of the vineyard arrives home from his trip, what do you think he will do to the farmhands?"

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

40 "Now, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those workers?"

40 Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?"

40 "When the owner of the vineyard comes back, what will he do to those renters?"

Matthew 21:40 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 21:40

When the Lord therefore of the vineyard cometh
In a way of providence, to call these husbandmen to an account; not only for the fruit they were to bring to him; but for their barbarity to his servants, the prophets, time after time; and especially, for the inhuman usage and murder of his own son;

what will he do unto those husbandmen?
This question is put to the chief priests, elders, and Scribes: and they themselves, who are designed hereby, are made judges in this case, just as the inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah are, in ( Isaiah 5:4 ) which passage of Scripture our Lord had greatly in view when he spake this parable.

Matthew 21:40 In-Context

38 “But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and take his inheritance.’

39 So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

40 “Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?”

41 “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and he will rent the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him his share of the crop at harvest time.”

42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: “ ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?