New American Standard Bible 1995

Matthew 21:33-41

33“Listenἀκούσατε·akousateG191to anotherἌλληνAllēnG243parableπαραβολὴνparabolēnG3850. There was alandownerοἰκοδεσπότηςoikodespotēsG3617whoὅστιςhostisG3748plantedἐφύτευσενephuteusenG5452avineyardἀμπελῶναampelōnaG290and putG4060a wallφραγμὸνphragmonG5418aroundG4060it and dugὤρυξενōruxenG3736a wineG3025pressG3025in it, and builtᾠκοδόμησενōkodomēsenG3618a towerπύργονpurgonG4444,and rentedἐξέδετοexedetoG1554it out tovine-growersγεωργοῖςgeōrgoisG1092andwentG589on a journeyG589.

34WhenὅτεhoteG3753theharvestκαρπῶν,karpōnG2590timeκαιρὸςkairosG2540approachedἤγγισενēngisenG1448, hesentἀπέστειλενapesteilenG649his slavesδούλουςdoulousG1401to the vine-growersγεωργοὺςgeōrgousG1092to receiveλαβεῖνlabeinG2983his produceκαρποὺςkarpousG2590.

35The vine-growersγεωργοὶgeōrgoiG1092tookλαβόντεςlabontesG2983his slavesδούλουςdoulousG1401and beatἔδειραν,edeiranG1194oneὃνhonG3739,and killedἀπέκτειναν,apekteinanG615anotherὃνhonG3739 G1161,and stonedἐλιθοβόλησαν.elithobolēsanG3036a thirdὃνhonG3739.

36AgainπάλινpalinG3825hesentἀπέστειλενapesteilenG649anotherἄλλουςallousG243group of slavesδούλουςdoulousG1401largerG4183than the firstπρώτων,prōtōnG4413;and they didἐποίησανepoiēsanG4160the sameG5615thingG5615to them.

37But afterwardG5305he sentἀπέστειλενapesteilenG649his sonυἱὸνhuionG5207to them, sayingλέγων·legōnG3004, ‘They will respectἐντραπήσονταιentrapēsontaiG1788my sonυἱόνhuionG5207.’

38But when the vine-growersγεωργοὶgeōrgoiG1092sawG3708the sonυἱὸνhuionG5207,they saidG3004amongἐνenG1722themselvesἑαυτοῖς·he'autoisG1438, ‘ThisοὗτόςhoutosG3778is the heirκληρονόμος·klēronomosG2818;comeδεῦτε,deuteG1205,let us killἀποκτείνωμενapokteinōmenG615him and seizeσχῶμενschōmenG2192his inheritanceκληρονομίανklēronomianG2817.’

39They tookλαβόντεςlabontesG2983him, and threwἐξέβαλονexebalonG1544him out of the vineyardἀμπελῶνοςampelōnosG290and killedἀπέκτειναν.apekteinanG615him.

40ThereforeοὖνounG3767whenὅτανhotanG3752theownerκύριοςkuriosG2962of the vineyardἀμπελῶνος,ampelōnosG290comesἔλθῃelthēG2064,whatτίtiG5101will he doποιήσειpoiēseiG4160to thoseἐκείνοις;ekeinoisG1565vine-growersγεωργοῖςgeōrgoisG1092?”

41They saidλέγουσινlegousinG3004to Him, “He will bringG622thoseG846wretchesκακοὺςkakousG2556to a wretchedκακῶςkakōsG2560endG622, andwill rentἐκδώσεταιekdōsetaiG1554out the vineyardἀμπελῶναampelōnaG290to otherἄλλοιςalloisG243vine-growersγεωργοῖςgeōrgoisG1092whoοἵτινεςoitinesG3748will payἀποδώσουσινapodōsousinG591him the proceedsκαρποὺςkarpousG2590at the properseasonsκαιροῖςkairoisG2540.”

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