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Text -- Luke 20:9-19 (NET)
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The Parable of the Tenants
20:9 Then he began to tell the people this parable : “A man planted a vineyard , leased it to tenant farmers , and went on a journey for a long time .
20:10 When harvest time came , he sent a slave to the tenants so that they would give him his portion of the crop . However , the tenants beat his slave and sent him away empty-handed .
20:11 So he sent another slave . They beat this one too , treated him outrageously , and sent him away empty-handed .
20:12 So he sent still a third . They even wounded this one , and threw him out .
20:13 Then the owner of the vineyard said , ‘What should I do ? I will send my one dear son ; perhaps they will respect him.’
20:14 But when the tenants saw him , they said to one another , ‘This is the heir ; let’s kill him so the inheritance will be ours !’
20:15 So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them ?
20:16 He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others .” When the people heard this, they said , “May this never happen !”
20:17 But Jesus looked straight at them and said , “Then what is the meaning of that which is written : ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone ’?
20:18 Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces , and the one on whom it falls will be crushed .”
20:19 Then the experts in the law and the chief priests wanted to arrest him that very hour , because they realized he had told this parable against them . But they were afraid of the people .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
MARK, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO, 1 |
JESUS CHRIST, 4E1 |
Jesus, The Christ |
Reproof |
Instruction |
Lease |
Debtor |
God |
Land |
Renting |
Capital and Labor |
Misconduct in Office |
Church |
Beloved |
Stones |
Quotations and Allusions |
Fort |
Tenants |
Israel |
Prophecy |
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NET Notes -> Luk 20:9; Luk 20:9; Luk 20:9; Luk 20:9; Luk 20:10; Luk 20:10; Luk 20:10; Luk 20:10; Luk 20:10; Luk 20:11; Luk 20:11; Luk 20:12; Luk 20:13; Luk 20:13; Luk 20:13; Luk 20:15; Luk 20:15; Luk 20:16; Luk 20:16; Luk 20:16; Luk 20:16; Luk 20:17; Luk 20:17; Luk 20:17; Luk 20:18; Luk 20:18; Luk 20:18; Luk 20:19; Luk 20:19; Luk 20:19; Luk 20:19
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NET Notes: Luk 20:10 The image of the tenants beating up the owner’s slave pictures the nation’s rejection of the prophets and their message.
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NET Notes: Luk 20:11 The slaves being sent empty-handed suggests that the vineyard was not producing any fruit – and thus neither was the nation of Israel.
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NET Notes: Luk 20:12 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the tenants’ mistreatment of the first t...
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NET Notes: Luk 20:15 Throwing the heir out of the vineyard pictures Jesus’ death outside of Jerusalem.
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NET Notes: Luk 20:16 May this never happen! Jesus’ audience got the point and did not want to consider a story where the nation would suffer judgment.
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NET Notes: Luk 20:17 The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. The use of Ps 118:22-23 and the “stone imagery” as a reference to Christ and h...
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NET Notes: Luk 20:18 This proverb basically means that the stone crushes, without regard to whether it falls on someone or someone falls on it. On the stone as a messianic...
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