Luke 20:16

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 the farmers saw him coming. They said to each other, “This is the son of our master. When our master dies, the garden will belong to his son. So we should kill the son and then the garden will be ours.” 15So they threw the son out of the garden and they killed him.’ Jesus went on to ask, ‘Then what will the master of the garden do to those farmers? I tell you, he will come to those farmers and he will kill them. Then he will give the garden to other people to take care of it.’ When the people heard this, they replied, ‘That must never happen!’ 17Jesus then looked at the people and he said, ‘You say that this must not happen. But you have read this in the Bible and you should know what it means: “The builders refused to use a certain stone. They thought that it had no value. But now that stone has become the most important stone at the corner of the building. 18When a person falls onto that stone, it will break his body into pieces. When that stone falls on top of someone, it will destroy him completely.” ’

Luke 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 19:27Now I must punish these other people that did not want me to rule over them. Bring them here and kill them in front of me.” ’
• Psalms 2:8Ask me and see what I will do! I will give you all the nations on the earth. They will all belong to you.
• Psalms 21:8You will use your strong power to take hold of your enemies. You will catch everybody that hates you.
• Matthew 21:41The Jewish leaders said to Jesus, ‘The master will completely destroy those bad people. Then he will give the garden to other farmers to take care of it. Those new farmers will give the master the fruit that he should have at the time of harvest.’
• Matthew 22:7The king was very angry. He sent his soldiers to the city where those people lived. They killed the people who killed the king's servants. They destroyed their city with fire.
• Acts 13:46But Paul and Barnabas were not afraid of them. They said to them, ‘It was right that we first tell you who are Jews the message from God. But now you say that God's message is not true. You have shown that you do not deserve true life with God. So we will leave you now. We will go and tell this message to the Gentiles.
• Nehemiah 9:36So today we live like slaves. Yes, we are slaves in the land that you gave to our ancestors. You wanted them to enjoy all the good things that grow here.

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