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Luke 20:16
Luke 20:16 is verse 16 of Luke chapter 20, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
He 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!”
King James Version
He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.
World English Bible
He will come and destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.” When they heard that, they said, “May that never be!”
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Luke 20:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible
14 But when the tenants saw the son, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
15 So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
16 He 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!”
17 But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?
18 Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Luke 19:27And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”
Psalms 2:8Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.
Psalms 2:9You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”
Psalms 21:8Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You.
Psalms 21:9You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.
Psalms 21:10You will wipe their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from the sons of men.
Matthew 21:41“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”
Matthew 22:7The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.
Acts 13:46Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
Nehemiah 9:36So here we are today as slaves in the land You gave our fathers to enjoy its fruit and goodness— here we are as slaves!
Nehemiah 9:37Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please. We are in great distress.