✨WEB · Luke 20:10

What does Luke 20:10 mean?

"At the proper season, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him, and sent him away empty."

— Luke 20:10 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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They answered that they didn’t know where it was from.

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Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

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He began to tell the people this parable. “A man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time.

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At the proper season, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him, and sent him away empty.

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He sent yet another servant, and they also beat him, and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.

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He sent yet a third, and they also wounded him, and threw him out.

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The lord of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. It may be that seeing him, they will respect him.’

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