What does Matthew 21:38 mean?

Matthew 21:38 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Matthew 21:38 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.

36Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.

37But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.

38But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.

39And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.

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

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