Luke 20:11

The owner afterward sent another servant; but the tenants beat and insulted this man too, and sent him away empty-handed.

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In The King James Version

And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.

In Context

10At the proper time he sent a servant to the tenants, so that they could give him a share of the produce of the vineyard. The tenants, however, beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

12He sent a third; but they wounded this man also, and threw him outside.

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Cross References

Hosea 10:1A luxuriant vine is Israel. He bore fruit lavishly. In proportion to the increase of his fruit he increased altars to idols. In proportion to the beauty of his land he made beautiful the sacred pillars.

Acts 7:52Which of the prophets escaped persecution at their hands? They killed those who foretold the coming of the righteous one; of whom you, in your turn, have now become the betrayers and murderers –

Hebrews 11:36Others had to face taunts and blows, and even chains and imprisonment.

Matthew Henry on Luke 20:10-20

The Husbandmen and the Vineyard. 9 Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time. 10 And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty. 11 And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty. 12 And again he sent a third: and… Read the whole commentary →

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