When the harvest time was near, he sent his slaves ¹  to the tenants to collect his portion of the crop. ² 

biblegateway Mat 21:34

"When the harvest time approached, he sent his slaves to the vine-growers to receive his produce.

When the grape harvest drew near, he sent his slaves to the farmers to collect his fruit.

And when the season of fruit drew near, he sent his slaves to the tenant farmers to collect his fruit.

biblegateway Mat 21:34

When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit.

When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to get his fruit.

bibleoremus Mat 21:34

When the harvest time had come, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his produce.

When the harvest season approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect the produce due to him.

biblegateway Mat 21:34

"Now when vintage–time drew near, he sent his servants to the vinedressers, that they might receive its fruit.

And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.

biblegateway Mat 21:34

When the harvest time was near, he sent his slaves ¹  to the tenants to collect his portion of the crop. ² 

¹ tn See the note on the word “slave” in 8:9.

¹ sn These slaves represent the prophets God sent to the nation, who were mistreated and rejected.

² tn Grk “to collect his fruits.”