Luke 20:14
And the husbandmen, seeing him, reasoned among themselves saying, This is the heir; let us kill him, in order that the inheritance may be ours.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
15And casting him out from the vineyard they slew him; what then will the lord of the vineyard do?
Cross References
Matthew 2:2Where is He that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen His star in the east, and have come to worship Him-
Matthew 21:25Whence was the baptism of John? from heaven or from men? And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we may say, From heaven; He will say to us, Why then did you not believe on him?
Luke 19:47And He was teaching daily in the temple, and the chief priests and scribes and the first men of the people were seeking to destroy Him.
Luke 20:19And the chief priests and scribes sought to lay hands on Him at this hour, and feared the people; for they knew that He spoke this parable against them.
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 →