Luke 20:14

14 "But when the renters saw the son, they talked the matter over. 'This is the one who will receive all the owner's property someday,' they said. 'Let's kill him. Then everything will be ours.'

Luke 20:14 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 20:14

But when the husbandmen saw him
In human nature, heard him preach, and observed the miracles done by him:

they reasoned among themselves;
as the Scribes and Pharisees, and elders of the people often did:

saying, this is the heir;
the heir of God, being his Son; and so the Ethiopic version; "this Son is his heir", or the heir of the vineyard; being, by appointment, heir of all things, and by his descent from David heir to the kingdom of Israel;

come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
The Arabic and Persic versions render it, "and his inheritance shall be ours": the nation, city, temple, and all the emoluments and benefits thereof. The word "come" is left out in the Alexandrian copy, and in the Gothic and Vulgate Latin versions.

Luke 20:14 In-Context

12 The man sent a third servant. The renters wounded him and threw him out.
13 "Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What should I do? I have a son, and I love him. I will send him. Maybe they will respect him.'
14 "But when the renters saw the son, they talked the matter over. 'This is the one who will receive all the owner's property someday,' they said. 'Let's kill him. Then everything will be ours.'
15 So they threw him out of the vineyard. And they killed him. "What will the owner of the vineyard do to the renters?
16 He will come and kill them. He will give the vineyard to others." When the people heard this, they said, "We hope this never happens!"
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