Luke 20:13 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹³ Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do [about this]? I will send my dearly loved son. Hopefully, they will treat him with respect.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ Then the owner of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; it is probable that they will respect him.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; it may be they will reverence him.

Common English Bible

¹³ The owner of the vineyard said, ‘What should I do? I’ll send my son, whom I love dearly. Perhaps they will respect him.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ Then the lord of the vineyard said: 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. Perhaps when they have seen him, they will respect him.'

Luke 20:13 Cross References

Matthew 3:17

Then a voice came out of heaven, saying, “This is my dearly loved Son. I am very pleased with Him.”

Galatians 4:4

But, when [God’s] timing fully arrived, He sent His Son, born to a woman [i.e., Mary], born during [the time when] the Law [of Moses was still in effect],

Romans 8:3

For what the law was not able to do [for mankind], since it was [too] weak [to deliver them from condemnation] because fleshly people [were unable to obey it perfectly], God condemned sin in the flesh [i.e., sin was declared evil and its power over man broken]. God did this by sending His own Son in a body like sinful man’s, and to destroy sin,

John 1:34

And I have seen and given testimony that this person is the Son of God.”

Luke 9:35

Then a voice spoke out of the cloud, saying, “This is My Son, [whom] I have chosen; listen to Him.”

Matthew 17:5

While he was still talking, suddenly a bright cloud engulfed them. Just then, a voice spoke out of the cloud, saying, “This is my dearly loved Son, who is very pleasing to me; listen to Him.”

Luke 18:2

He said, “There was a certain judge in this town who did not revere God nor respect man.

Luke 18:4

And for some time the judge refused to do it. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I do not revere God or respect man,

Luke 20:12

So, he sent a third [slave] and they wounded him also and threw him out [of the vineyard].

Luke 20:14

But when the tenant farmers saw him, they began reasoning with one another, saying, ‘This is the heir [to the vineyard]; let us kill him so the inheritance will be ours.’