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Luke 20:11 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty. "
Luke 20:11
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Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.
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.
And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out.
Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.
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Luke 20:1
"And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon him with the elders,"
Luke 20:2
"And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?"
Luke 20:3
"And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me:"
Luke 20:4
"The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?"
Luke 20:5
"And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?"
Luke 20:6
"But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet."
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