Discovery BoxMatthew 21:34-36 
Context21:34 When the harvest time was near, he sent his slaves 1 to the tenants to collect his portion of the crop. 2 21:35 But the tenants seized his slaves, beat one, 3 killed another, and stoned another. 21:36 Again he sent other slaves, more than the first, and they treated them the same way.
1 tn See the note on the word “slave” in 8:9.
sn These slaves represent the prophets God sent to the nation, who were mistreated and rejected.
2 tn Grk “to collect his fruits.”
3 sn The image of the tenants mistreating the owner’s slaves pictures the nation’s rejection of the prophets and their message.
