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Matthew 21:35

But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

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ASV

And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.

KJV

And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.

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16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
καὶkaiAndG2532 →
λαβόντεςlabonteshaving takenG2983 →
οἱhoitheG3588 →
γεωργοὶgeōrgoifarmersG1092 →
τοὺςtoustheG3588 →
δούλουςdoulousservantsG1401 →
αὐτοῦ,autouof him,G846 →
ὃνhontheG3739 →
μὲνmenoneG3303 →
ἔδειραν,edeiranthey beat,G1194 →
ὃνhonanotherG3739 →
δὲdeandG1161 →
ἀπέκτειναν,apekteinanthey killed,G615 →
ὃνhonanotherG3739 →
δὲdeandG1161 →
ἐλιθοβόλησαν.elithobolēsanthey stoned.G3036 →

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2 Chronicles 36:15–16Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.Hebrews 11:36–37Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.Nehemiah 9:26But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.Matthew 5:12Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.Acts 7:52Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—Matthew 23:31–37So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.Revelation 6:9And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld.Luke 13:33–34Nevertheless, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day, for it is not admissible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.Jeremiah 37:15The officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.1 Kings 18:13Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD, fifty men per cave, and I provided them with food and water.1 Kings 19:10“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”Jeremiah 2:30“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”1 Kings 22:24Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”2 Chronicles 24:21–22But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.2 Chronicles 16:10Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.Jeremiah 26:21–24King Jehoiakim and all his mighty men and officials heard his words, and the king sought to put him to death. But when Uriah found out about it, he fled in fear and went to Egypt.1 Kings 18:4for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)Jeremiah 25:3–7“From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.

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