When the time came to harvest fruit, he sent his servants to the farmers to collect his fruit.
Luke 20:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised He will come and kill those farmers and give the vineyard to others.’ But when they heard this they said, ‘That must never happen! ’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He will come and [utterly] put an end to those tenants and will give the vineyard to others. When they [the chief priests and the scribes and the elders] heard this, they said, May it never be! American Standard Version (1901) He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid. Common English Bible He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” When the people heard this, they said, “May this never happen!” Catholic Public Domain Version "He will come and destroy those settlers, and he will give the vineyard to others." And upon hearing this, they said to him, "Let it not be." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He will come, and will destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. Which they hearing, said to him: God forbid. |
When the time came to harvest fruit, he sent his servants to the farmers to collect his fruit.
‘He will completely destroy those terrible men,’ they told him, ‘and lease his vineyard to other farmers who will give him his fruit at the harvest.’
The king was enraged, and he sent out his troops, killed those murderers, and burned down their city.
What then will the owner , of the vineyard do? He will come and kill the farmers and give the vineyard to others.
But bring here these enemies of mine, who did not want me to rule over them, and slaughter them in my presence.” ’
So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. ‘What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
Paul and Barnabas boldly replied, ‘It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first. Since you reject it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we are turning to the Gentiles.
I ask, then, has God rejected his people? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
I ask, then, have they stumbled so as to fall? Absolutely not! On the contrary, by their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.
Do we then nullify the law through faith? Absolutely not! On the contrary, we uphold the law.
Absolutely not! Let God be true, even though everyone is a liar, as it is written: That you may be justified in your words and triumph when you judge. ,
What then? Should we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? Absolutely not!
Therefore, did what is good become death to me? Absolutely not! But sin, in order to be recognised as sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment, sin might become sinful beyond measure.
What should we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! But I would not have known sin if it were not for the law. For example, I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, Do not covet. ,
What should we say then? Is there injustice with God? Absolutely not!
Don’t you know that your bodies are a part of Christ’s body? So should I take a part of Christ’s body and make it part of a prostitute? Absolutely not!
But if we ourselves are also found to be ‘sinners’ while seeking to be justified by Christ, is Christ then a promoter , of sin? Absolutely not!
Is the law therefore contrary to God’s promises? Absolutely not! For if the law had been granted with the ability to give life, then righteousness would certainly be on the basis of the law.
But as for me, I will never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. The world has been crucified to me through the cross, and I to the world.