Luke 20 · Verse 16

Luke 20:16

He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.
Luke 20:16, King James Version

Luke 20:16 in other translations

BSBHe will come and kill those tenants, and will give the vineyard to others.” And when the people heard this, they said, “May such a thing never happen!”
WEBHe will come and destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.” When they heard that, they said, “May that never be!”
ASVHe will come and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.
YLTHe will come, and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.' And having heard, they said, ‘Let it not be!'
DARBYHe will come and destroy those husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it they said, May it never be!
BBEHe will come and put them to destruction and give the garden to others. And when he said this, they said, May it not be so.
WebsterHe will come and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, may that never be.

What does Luke 20:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
16. He shall come, &c.--This answer was given by the Pharisees themselves (Mt 21:41), thus pronouncing their own righteous doom. Matthew alone (Mt 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 16.

(g) "give the vineyard to others" Neh 9:36,37

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 God forbid - Or, Let it not be, μη γενοιτο. Our phrase, God forbid, answers pretty well to the meaning of the Greek, but it is no translation.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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…

Read the full comment on Luke 20:9-19 →

Luke 20:16 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἐλεύσεταιeleusetaiHe will comeG2064
καὶkaiandG2532
ἀπολέσειapoleseihe will destroyG622
τοὺςtous<the>G3588
γεωργοὺςgeōrgousfarmersG1092
τούτουςtoutoustheseG3778
καὶkaiandG2532
δώσειdōseiwill giveG1325
τὸνtontheG3588
ἀμπελῶναampelōnavineyardG290
ἄλλοις.alloisto others.G243
ἀκούσαντεςakousantesHaving heard [it]G191
δὲdethenG1161
εἶπαν·eipanthey said;G2036
μὴmēNeverG3361
γένοιτο.genoitowould it be!G1096

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

Cross references for Luke 20:16

  • Luke 19:27

    But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

  • Acts 13:46

    Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

  • Matthew 21:41

    They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.

  • Psalms 2:8-9

    Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.

  • Matthew 22:7

    But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

  • Psalms 21:8-10

    Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

  • Nehemiah 9:36-37

    Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it: And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
destroy.
19:27; Ps 2:8,9; 21:8-10; Mt 21:41; 22:7; Ac 13:46
shall give.
Ne 9:36,37

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Luke 20:15

    So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?

  • Luke 20:16

    He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.

  • Luke 20:17

    And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?

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Luke 20:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Vendrá, y destruirá á estos labradores, y dará su viña á otros. Y como ellos lo oyeron, dijeron: ¡Dios nos libre!
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Il viendra et fera périr ces cultivateurs, et donnera la vigne à d’autres. Et l’ayant entendu, ils dirent: Qu’ainsi n’advienne!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Er wird kommen und diese Weingärtner umbringen und den Weinberg anderen geben. Als sie aber das hörten, sprachen sie: Das sei ferne!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		veniet, et perdet colonos istos, et dabit vineam aliis. Quo audito, dixerunt illi: Absit.