Luke 20:13

So the owner of the vineyard thought to himself, ‘◄I do not know what to do!/What shall I do?► [RHQ]’ Then he had an idea. He thought to himself, ‘I will send my son, whom I love very much. Perhaps they will respect him and give him my share of the grapes.’

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.

In Context

12Still later, the owner sent another servant. That one they wounded and threw him out of the vineyard.

14So he sent his son, but when the men who were caring for the vineyard saw him coming, they said to each other, ‘Here comes the man who will some day inherit the vineyard. Let’s kill him so that this vineyard will be ours!’

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Cross References

Isaiah 5:4What more could I have done for you than what I have already done? I expected you to be doing good deeds [MET], so it is disgusting that [RHQ] you were doing only evil things like the vineyard that produced only sour grapes!

Jeremiah 36:7Perhaps they will turn from their evil behavior and request Yahweh to act mercifully toward them. They must do that, because Yahweh is very angry with them and has threatened to punish them severely.”

Hosea 11:8You people of Israel, I certainly do not want to [RHQ] abandon you and allow your enemies to capture you. I do not [RHQ] want to act toward you like I acted toward Admah and Zeboiim, cities that I completely destroyed when I destroyed Sodom. I [SYN] have changed my mind about punishing you; my desire to pity you has increased.

Matthew 17:5While Peter was speaking, a bright cloud appeared and covered them. They heard God speaking about Jesus from inside the cloud. He said to them, “This is my Son. I love him. He pleases me very much. So you must listen to him!”

John 1:34I saw the Spirit descend on him, and I tell you that he is ◄the Son of God/the person who is both God and man►.”

John 3:35God loves his Son, and has caused him to have control/power over everything.

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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