Luke 20:14

Luke 20:14 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)“But when the tenants saw him, they talked the matter over. ‘This is the heir,’ they said. ‘Let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)But when the tenants saw him, they said to themselves, 'This is the heir. Let us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)But when the vinedressers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.’

Context of Luke 20:14

12And he proceeded to send a third; but this one too they wounded and threw out. 13Now the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What am I to do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.’ But when the vine-growers saw him, they discussed with one another, saying, ‘This is the heir; let’s kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.’ 15And so they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do to them? 16He will come and put these vine-growers to death, and will give the vineyard to others.” However, when they heard this, they said, “May it never happen!”

Luke 20:14 word by word

ἰδόντες δὲ αὐτὸν οἱ γεωργοὶ διελογίζοντο πρὸς ἀλλήλους λέγοντες· οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ κληρονόμος· ἀποκτείνωμεν αὐτὸν ἵνα ἡμῶν γένηται ἡ κληρονομία.Read the interlinear

• But when the vine-growersγεωργόςgeōrgos · farmerG1092
• sawὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• him, they discussedδιαλογίζομαιdialogizomai · to discussG1260
• with oneἀλλήλωνallēlōn · one anotherG240
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• is the heirκληρονόμοςklēronomos · heirG2818
• let’s killἀποκτείνωapokteinō · to killG615
• him soἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• the inheritanceκληρονομίαklēronomia · inheritanceG2817
• will be oursἐγώegō · I/weG1473

Cross-references for Luke 20:14

• Luke 20:5They discussed among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’
• Matthew 16:7They began to discuss this among themselves, saying, “He said that because we did not bring any bread.”
• Matthew 21:25The baptism of John was from what source: from heaven or from men?” And they began considering the implications among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’
• Psalms 2:1Why are the nations restless And the peoples plotting in vain?
• Psalms 89:27I will also make him My firstborn, The highest of the kings of the earth.
• Matthew 2:2“Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.”
• Romans 8:17and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.
• Hebrews 1:2in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom He also made the world.
• Luke 20:19The scribes and the chief priests tried to lay hands on Him that very hour, and yet they feared the people; for they were aware that He had spoken this parable against them.
• Luke 19:47And He was teaching daily in the temple; but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people were trying to put Him to death,
• Luke 22:2And the chief priests and the scribes were trying to find a way to put Him to death, since they were afraid of the people.
• Genesis 37:18When they saw him from a distance, and before he came closer to them, they plotted against him to put him to death.
• Matthew 27:21And the governor said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said, “Barabbas.”
• John 11:47Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a council meeting, and they were saying, “What are we doing in regard to the fact that this Man is performing many signs?
• Acts 2:23this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death.
• Acts 3:15but put to death the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, a fact to which we are witnesses.

Commentaries on Luke 20:14

• 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. 14Let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours: They believed that killing the heir would give them power over the estate. They foolishly failed to realize that the owner was still alive and would demand justice. Similarly, the religious leaders thought that they could keep their authority over the people of Israel by killing Jesus.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. reasoned among themselves--(Compare Ge 37:18-20; Joh 11:47-53). the heir--sublime expression of the great truth, that God's inheritance was destined for, and in due time to come into the possession of, His Son in our nature (He 1:2). inheritance ... ours--and so from mere servants we may become lords; the deep aim of the depraved heart, and literally "the root of all evil."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