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Luke 20:10

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20:10When harvest time came, he sent a slave23 to the tenants so that they would give24 him his portion of the crop.25 However, the tenants beat his slave26 and sent him away empty-handed.

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  1. 23 This slave (along with the next two) represent the prophets God sent to the nation, who were mistreated and rejected.
  2. 24 Instead of the future indicative δώσουσιν (dōsousin, “they will give”), most witnesses (C D W Θ Ψ f1 𝔐) have the aorist subjunctive δῶσιν (dōsin, “they might give”). The aorist subjunctive is expected following ἵνα (hina, “so that”), so it is almost surely a motivated reading. Further, early and excellent witnesses, as well as a few others (א A B f13 33 579 1241 2542 ), have δώσουσιν. It is thus more likely that the future indicative is authentic. For a discussion of this construction, see §369.2.
  3. 25 Grk “from the fruit of the vineyard.”
  4. 26 Grk “him”; the referent (the slave sent by the owner) has been specified in the translation for clarity. The image of the tenants beating up the owner’s slave pictures the nation’s rejection of the prophets and their message.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

When the time came, he sent a servant to the tenants, so that they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants so they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

At harvest time he sent a servant to the farmers so that they might give him some fruit from the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

NLTNew Living Translation

At the time of the grape harvest, he sent one of his servants to collect his share of the crop. But the farmers attacked the servant, beat him up, and sent him back empty-handed.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And at the proper time he sent a slave to the tenant farmers, so that they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenant farmers sent him away empty-handed after beating him.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.