x21:34 the season of fruits
•The strong Greek word doulos cannot be accurately translated in English as servant or bond servant; the HCSB translates this word as slave, not out of insensitivity to the legitimate concerns of modern English speakers, but out of a commitment to accurately convey the brutal reality of the Roman empire’s inhumane institution as well as the ownership called for by Christ.

In other versions

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

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

When the time came to harvest fruit, he sent his servants to the farmers to collect his fruit.

At the time of the grape harvest, he sent his servants to collect his share of the crop.

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

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