Luke 20:14
12 Then he sent a third, but they wounded him and threw him out.
13 ‘What shall I do?’ asked the owner of the vineyard. ‘I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.’
But when the tenants saw the son, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
15 So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
16 He will come and kill those tenants, and will give the vineyard to others.” And when the people heard this, they said, “May such a thing never happen!”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But when the tenants saw the son, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
- KJV
- But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
- WEB
- “But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.’
- ASV
- But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned one with another, saying, This is the heir; let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
- DARBY
- But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir; [come,] let us kill him, that the inheritance may become ours.
- BLB
- But having seen him, the farmers were reasoning with one another, saying, ‘This is the heir; let us kill him, so that the inheritance might become ours.’
- ÅB
- Men da vingårdsmennene fikk se ham, la de opp råd med hverandre og sa: Dette er arvingen; la oss slå ham ihjel, så arven kan bli vår!
- OTB
- Men da leietakerne så ham, rådslo de seg imellom og sa: 'Dette er arvingen; la oss drepe ham, så arven kan bli vår.'
- B1930
- Men da vingårdsmennene fikk se ham, la de op råd med hverandre og sa: Dette er arvingen; la oss slå ham ihjel, så arven kan bli vår!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 1:2
But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.
Read in contextRomans 8:17
And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.
Read in contextPsalms 2:1–6
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
Read in contextMatthew 27:21–25
“Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” asked the governor. “Barabbas,” they replied.
Read in contextMatthew 2:2–16
asking, “Where is the One who has been born King of the Jews? We saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.”
Read in contextLuke 20:19
When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus had spoken this parable against them, they sought to arrest Him that very hour. But they were afraid of the people.
Read in contextMatthew 21:25
What was the source of John’s baptism? Was it from heaven or from men?” They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
Read in contextLuke 20:5
They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why did you not believe him?’
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