Luke 20:12

12 He sent still a third, and they wounded him and threw him out.

Luke 20:12 in Other Translations

12 And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out.

12 And he sent yet a third. This one also they wounded and cast out.

12 A third man was sent, and they wounded him and chased him away.

12 He tried a third time. They worked that servant over from head to foot and dumped him in the street.

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

12 Then he sent a third servant. But they injured this one and threw him out [of the vineyard].

12 And he sent yet a third, but they wounded this one too and threw him out.

12 The man sent a third servant. The renters wounded him and threw him out.

Luke 20:12 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 20:12

And again he sent the third
Perhaps after the return of the Jews from captivity, and between that time and the coming of Christ, in which interval many good men were used in a very inhuman manner, ( Hebrews 11:37 Hebrews 11:38 )

and they wounded him also;
by casting stones at him; see ( Mark 12:4 )

and cast him out;
of the vineyard.

Luke 20:12 In-Context

10 At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants so they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

11 He sent another servant, but that one also they beat and treated shamefully and sent away empty-handed.

12 He sent still a third, and they wounded him and threw him out.

13 “Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my son, whom I love; perhaps they will respect him.’

14 “But when the tenants saw him, they talked the matter over. ‘This is the heir,’ they said. ‘Let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’