What more could I have done for my vineyard than I did? Why, when I expected a yield of good grapes, did it yield worthless grapes?
Luke 20:13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘Then the owner of the vineyard said, “What should I do? I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then the lord of the vineyard said: What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be, when they see him, they will reverence him. |
What more could I have done for my vineyard than I did? Why, when I expected a yield of good grapes, did it yield worthless grapes?
Perhaps when the house of Judah hears about all the disaster I am planning to bring on them, each one of them will turn from his evil way. Then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.’
Perhaps their petition will come before the Lord, and each one will turn from his evil way, for the anger and fury that the Lord has pronounced against this people are intense.’
‘Now you, son of man, get your bags ready for exile and go into exile in their sight during the day. You will go into exile from your place to another place while they watch; perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house.
How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I surrender you, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? I have had a change of heart; my compassion is stirred!
What am I going to do with you, Ephraim? What am I going to do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist and like the early dew that vanishes.
While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, ‘This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased. Listen to him! ’
And a voice from heaven said, ‘This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased.’
‘There was a judge in a certain town who didn’t fear God or respect people.
‘For a while he was unwilling, but later he said to himself, “Even though I don’t fear God or respect people,
And he sent yet a third, but they wounded this one too and threw him out.
‘But when the tenant farmers saw him, they discussed it among themselves and said, “This is the heir. Let’s kill him, so that the inheritance will be ours.”
Then a voice came from the cloud, saying, ‘This is my Son, the Chosen One; , listen to him! ’
For what the law could not do since it was weakened by the flesh, God did. He condemned sin in the flesh by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh as a sin offering, ,
When the time came to completion, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,