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14 But when the vinedressers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, ‘This is the aheir. Come, blet us kill him, that the inheritance may be cours.’  
15 So they cast him out of the vineyard and akilled him. Therefore what will the owner of the vineyard do to them?  
16 He will come and destroy those vinedressers and give the vineyard to aothers.” And when they heard it they said, “Certainly not!”  
17 Then He looked at them and said, “What then is this that is written:
a‘The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone’?  
18 Whoever falls on that stone will be abroken; but bon whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.”  
19 And the chief priests and the scribes that very hour sought to lay hands on Him, but they1 feared the people —for they knew He had spoken this parable against them.  

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20 aSo they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, that they might seize on His words, in order to deliver Him to the power and the authority of the governor.  
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What Does Luke 20:16 Mean?



Luke 20:9-19

Matthew, Mark, and Luke all record Jesus' Parable of the Wicked Vinedressers (Matthew 21:33-46; Mark 12:1-12; Luke 20:9-19). Not long before, the scribes, chief priests, and elders had accused Him of taking too much authority upon Himself, but in this parable, they find themselves indicted for high crimes. Having discounted Jesus Christ as the Son of God with all authority, in this story they—and the people (see Luke 20:9)—learn His identity, who sent Him, and the death He would die at their hands. In earlier parables, He had exposed the religious leaders of His day as spiritually empty impostors, and now, in this more condemnatory parable, He reveals them to be persecutors and murderers as well.

Martin G. Collins
Parable of the Wicked Vinedressers



Luke 20:16-18

Jesus purposes to show the religious leaders the justice of taking away their national privileges and punishing them by destroying their city and nation. Had He stated this at first they would have ignored him, but by using a parable, He forces them to condemn themselves with the truth. However, they still do not grasp the significance of their admission. Jesus expresses the principle by quoting Psalm 118:22-23, making them see that God would do to them what the landowner did to the vinedressers. The cornerstone—Jesus Christ—is the foundation of God's Temple, the church, but the builders rejected it because Jesus did not "fit" their preconceived idea of the Messiah (Romans 9:33; I Peter 2:7). Even though the Jews rejected Jesus, God overruled them and made Him "the chief cornerstone" (Ephesians 2:20), an act proven to be God's doing by the resurrection and the subsequent miraculous founding of the church (Acts 4:11).

Martin G. Collins
Parable of the Wicked Vinedressers




Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing Luke 20:16:

Matthew 21:33-46
Mark 12:1-12
Luke 20:9-19


 
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