Luke 20 · Verse 11

Luke 20:11

And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
Luke 20:11, King James Version

Luke 20:11 in other translations

BSBSo he sent another servant, but they beat him and treated him shamefully, sending him away empty-handed.
WEBHe sent yet another servant, and they also beat him and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
ASVAnd he sent yet another servant: and him also they beat, and handled him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
YLT‘And he added to send another servant, and they that one also having beaten and dishonoured, did send away empty;
DARBYAnd again he sent another bondman; but they, having beaten him also, and cast insult upon him, sent him away empty.
BBEAnd he sent another servant, and they gave blows to him in the same way, and put shame on him, and sent him away with nothing.
WebsterAnd again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.

What does Luke 20:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 20:9-13

9-13. vineyard--(See on Lu 13:6). In Mt 21:33 additional points are given, taken literally from Is 5:2, to fix down the application and sustain it by Old Testament authority. husbandmen--the ordinary spiritual guides of the people, under whose care and culture the fruits of righteousness might be yielded. went, &c.--leaving it to the laws of the spiritual husbandry during the whole length of the Jewish economy. (See…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 20:9-19

Christ spake this parable against those who resolved not to own his authority, though the evidence of it was so full. How many resemble the Jews who murdered the prophets and crucified Christ, in their enmity to God, and aversion to his service, desiring to live according to their lusts, without control! Let all who are favoured with God's word, look to it that they make proper use of their advantages. Awful will be…

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Luke 20:11 in the original Greek

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καὶkaiAndG2532
προσέθετοprosethetohe proceededG4369
ἕτερονheteronanotherG2087
πέμψαιpempsaito sendG3992
δοῦλον·doulona servant;G1401
οἱhoi<the>G3588
δὲdebutG1161
κἀκεῖνονkakeinonhimG2532
δείραντεςdeiranteshaving beatenG1194
καὶkaiandG2532
ἀτιμάσαντεςatimasanteshaving dishonoredG818
ἐξαπέστειλανexapesteilanthey sent awayG1821
κενόν.kenonempty-handed.G2756

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 20:11

  • Acts 7:52

    Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:2

    But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.

  • Matthew 23:30-37

    And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? …

  • Hebrews 11:36-37

    And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;

  • Hosea 10:1

    Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.

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entreated.
Mt 23:30-37; Ac 7:52; 1Th 2:2; Heb 11:36,37
and sent.
Ho 10:1

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Context

  • Luke 20:10

    And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.

  • Luke 20:11

    And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.

  • Luke 20:12

    And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out.

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Luke 20:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y volvió á enviar otro siervo; mas ellos á éste también, herido y afrentado, le enviaron vacío.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il envoya encore un autre esclave; mais l’ayant battu lui aussi, et l’ayant traité ignominieusement, ils le renvoyèrent à vide.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er fuhr fort und sandte einen anderen Knecht sie aber schlugen auch den und behandelten ihn verächtlich und schickten ihn leer fort.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et addidit alterum servum mittere. Illi autem hunc quoque cædentes, et afficientes contumelia, dimiserunt inanem.