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Luke 20:16
16He will come and put these tenants to death and will give the vineyard to others.” When the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders heard this, they said, “May it never be!”
Luke 20:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.
- New International Version (NIV)He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” When the people heard this, they said, “God forbid!”
- English Standard Version (ESV)He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others." When they heard this, they said, "Surely not!"
- New King James Version (NKJV)He will come and destroy those vinedressers and give the vineyard to others.” And when they heard it they said, “Certainly not!”
Context of Luke 20:16
14But when the tenants saw him, they discussed it among themselves, saying, ‘This [man] is the heir; let us kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.’ 15So they threw the son out of the vineyard and killed him. What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do to them? He will come and put these tenants to death and will give the vineyard to others.” When the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders heard this, they said, “May it never be!” 17But Jesus looked at them and said, “What then is [the meaning of] this that is written: ‘The [very] Stone which the builders rejected, this became the chief Cornerstone’? 18Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken and shattered in pieces; and on whomever it falls, it will crush him.”
Read all of Luke 20Luke 20:16 word by word
ἐλεύσεται καὶ ἀπολέσει τοὺς γεωργοὺς τούτους καὶ δώσει τὸν ἀμπελῶνα ἄλλοις. ἀκούσαντες δὲ εἶπαν· μὴ γένοιτο.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- He shall comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- destroyἀπολλύωapollumi · to destroyG622
- theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- husbandmenὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- husbandmenγεωργόςgeōrgos · farmerG1092
- shall giveδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
- the vineyardἀμπελώνampelōn · vineyardG290
- to othersἄλλοςallos · anotherG243
- And whenδέde · thenG1161
- they heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
- they saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- God forbidμήmē · notG3361
- God forbidγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
Cross-references for Luke 20:16
- Luke 19:27[The king ended by saying,] ‘But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them, bring them here and kill them in my presence.’ ”
- Psalms 2:8Ask of Me, and I will assuredly give [You] the nations as Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth as Your possession.
- Psalms 21:8Your hand will reach out and defeat all your enemies; Your right hand will reach those who hate you.
- Matthew 21:41They said to Him, “He will put those despicable men to a miserable end, and rent out the vineyard to other tenants [of good character] who will pay him the proceeds at the proper seasons.”
- Matthew 22:7The king was enraged [when he heard this], and sent his soldiers and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
- Acts 13:46And [at the same time] Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and confidently, saying, “It was necessary that God’s message [of salvation through faith in Christ] be spoken to you [Jews] first. Since you repudiate it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, now we turn to the Gentiles.
- Nehemiah 9:36Behold, we are slaves today, And as for the land which You gave our fathers, to eat of its fruit and its goodness, Behold, we are slaves in it.
Commentaries on Luke 20:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16God forbid - Or, Let it not be, . Our phrase, God forbid, answers pretty well to the meaning of the Greek, but it is no translation.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9-19Verses 9-19 See this parable explained in the notes at Matthew 21:33-45.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-19Verses 9-19 Christ spake this parable against those who resolved not to own his authority, though the evidence of it was so full. How many resemble the Jews who murdered the prophets and crucified Christ, in their enmity to God, and aversion to his service, desiring to live according to their lusts, without control! Let all who are favoured with God's word, look to it that they make proper use of their advantages. Awful will be the doom, both of those who…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-19This story adapts Isaiah’s Song of the Vineyard (Isaiah 5:1–7) to describe the rejection of Jesus by Israel’s leaders. In Isaiah’s story, the vineyard owner represents God, and the vineyard represents Israel, which failed to produce good fruit and would be judged. Jesus added new characters to the story. The tenant farmers represent Israel’s unrighteous leaders, the servants represent the Old Testament prophets who were repeatedly rejected, and the son…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. He shall come, &c.--This answer was given by the Pharisees themselves (Mt 21:41), thus pronouncing their own righteous doom. Matthew alone (Mt 21:43) gives the naked application, that "the kingdom of God should be taken from them, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof"--the great evangelical community of the faithful, chiefly Gentiles. God forbid--His whole meaning now bursting upon them.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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