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Luke 20:11

What does Luke 20:11 mean?

A plain-English look at Luke 20:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Luke 20:11 means

Undeterred, the vineyard owner sent yet another servant to retrieve the fruit. However, this second servant met an even worse fate. The tenants not only beat him but also treated him shamefully before sending him away empty. This intensified violence highlights the tenants' growing rebellion and disregard for the owner's authority. In the allegorical sense, this further illustrates Israel's persistent rejection and mistreatment of God's prophets, who were sent repeatedly with His message, only to suffer abuse and indignity at the hands of those entrusted with God's vineyard.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And he sent another servant, and they gave blows to him in the same way, and put shame on him, and sent him away with nothing.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`And he added to send another servant, and they that one also having beaten and dishonoured, did send away empty;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And again he sent another servant. But they beat him also and, treating him reproachfully, sent him away empty.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And again he sent another bondman; but they, having beaten him also, and cast insult upon him, sent [him] away empty.

Context

This verse describes the second instance of the tenants' growing rebellion, immediately following their mistreatment of the first servant. The increased severity of their actions establishes a clear pattern of defiance and sets the stage for the owner's next, more desperate attempt to retrieve his due, escalating the tension in the narrative and further foreshadowing the rejection of God's ultimate messenger.

v.10And at the season he sent unto the husbandmen a servant, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.

v.11This passage

v.12And he sent yet a third: and him also they wounded, and cast him forth.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Hosea 10:1

    Israel is a luxuriant vine, that putteth forth his fruit: according to the abundance of his fruit he hath multiplied his altars; according to the goodness of their land they have made goodly pillars.

  • Acts 7:52

    Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers;

  • Hebrews 11:36

    and others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

  • Matthew 23:30

    and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we should not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:2

    but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we waxed bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God in much conflict.

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