"But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that t…" — Luke 20:14

Luke 20:14 · KJV

“But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.”

— Luke 20:14

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.

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

Luke 20 — Context

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.

But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

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

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

Cross References

Romans 8:17

And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with {him}, that we may be also glorified together.

Hebrews 1:2

Hath in these last days spoken unto us by {his} Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

Luke 20:5

And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?

Genesis 37:18-20

And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

Luke 19:47

And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,

Psalms 89:27

Also I will make him {my} firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

Matthew 2:2-16

Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

Luke 22:2

And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.