Luke 20:16

Luke 20:16

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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John Wesley's Notes

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He will destroy these husbandmen - Probably he pointed to the scribes, chief priests, and elders: who allowed, he will miserably destroy those wicked men, Matthew 21:41; but could not bear that this should be applied to themselves. They might also mean, God forbid that we should be guilty of such a crime as your parable seems to charge us with, namely, rejecting and killing the heir. Our Saviour answers, But yet will ye do it, as is prophesied of you.

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