Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
He shall come, etc.—This answer was given by the Pharisees themselves (Matthew 21:41), thus pronouncing their own righteous doom. Matthew alone (Matthew 21:43) gives the naked application, that "the kingdom of God should be taken from them, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof"—the great evangelical community of the faithful, chiefly Gentiles.
God forbid—His whole meaning now bursting upon them.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Luke 20:16:
Matthew 20:1
Matthew 21:41
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