LUKE 20:12 Interlinear View

1. Greek word
2. Greek lemma
3. OET-LV words
4. OET-RV words
5. Strongs
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. Καί
2. kai
3. And
4. So
5. 25320
6. C·······
7. and
8. and
9. S
10. Y33
11. 57286
1. προσέθετο
2. prostithēmi
3. he proceeded
4. -
5. 43690
6. VIAM3··S
7. ˱he˲ proceeded
8. ˱he˲ proceeded
9. -
10. Y33; R57224
11. 57287
1. πέμψαι
2. pempō
3. -
4. -
5. 39920
6. VNAA····
7. ˓to˒ send
8. ˓to˒ send
9. -
10. -
11. 57288
1. τρίτον
2. tritos
3. +a third
4. third
5. 51540
6. S····AMS
7. ˓a˒ third
8. ˓a˒ third
9. -
10. Y33; F57295
11. 57289
1. πέμψαι
2. pempō
3. to send
4. -
5. 39920
6. VNAA····
7. ˓to˒ send
8. ˓to˒ send
9. -
10. Y33
11. 57290
1. ἔπεμψεν
2. pempō
3. -
4. -
5. 39920
6. VIAA3··S
7. ˱he˲ sent
8. ˱he˲ sent
9. -
10. -
11. 57291
1. οἱ
2. ho
3. they
4. they
5. 35880
6. R···3NMP
7. they
8. they
9. -
10. Y33; R57261
11. 57292
1. δέ
2. de
3. and
4. -
5. 11610
6. C·······
7. and
8. and
9. -
10. Y33
11. 57293
1. καί
2. kai
3. also
4. -
5. 25320
6. D·······
7. also
8. also
9. -
10. Y33
11. 57294
1. τοῦτον
2. houtos
3. this one
4. -
5. 37780
6. R····AMS
7. this ‹one›
8. this ‹one›
9. -
10. Y33; R57289
11. 57295
1. κἀκεῖνον
2. kakeinos
3. -
4. -
5. 25480
6. R····AMS
7. also_that ‹one›
8. also_that ‹one›
9. -
10. -
11. 57296
1. τραυματίσαντες
2. traumatizō
3. having wounded
4. wounded
5. 51350
6. VPAA·NMP
7. ˓having˒ wounded
8. ˓having˒ wounded
9. -
10. Y33; R57261
11. 57297
1. τραυμάτισαν
2. traumatizō
3. -
4. -
5. 51350
6. VIAA3··P
7. wounded
8. wounded
9. -
10. -
11. 57298
1. ἐξέβαλον
2. ekballō
3. throw out him
4. -
5. 15440
6. VIAA3··P
7. throw_out ‹him›
8. cast_out ‹him›
9. -
10. Y33
11. 57299
1. ἐξαπέστειλαν
2. exapostellō
3. -
4. -
5. 18210
6. VIAA3··P
7. sent_away ‹him›
8. sent_away ‹him›
9. -
10. -
11. 57300
1. κενόν
2. kenos
3. -
4. -
5. 27560
6. S····AMS
7. empty-handed
8. empty-handed
9. -
10. -
11. 57301

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 20:9–19: Jesus told a parable about some evil tenant farmers

In 20:1–8 the Jewish religious leaders asked Jesus two questions about his authority. In this section Jesus used a parable to answer those questions in an indirect way. The Jewish leaders showed that they understood this parable by their response in 20:19.

The parable was a story about a man who owned a vineyard. A vineyard is a farm where people grow vines that produce a fruit called “grapes.” Many Jewish people had grape farms. They used the grape juice to make wine, which was important in their culture. They also sold the grapes to make money.

In this story, the owner of the grape farm hired men to farm it for him and to give him a share of the profit. Three times the owner sent servants to the men to collect his share. But the men refused to give the owner his share, and they mistreated each of his servants who came to collect it. When he sent his own son, they killed him. Consider how you would tell a similar story in your language.

Jesus used the people in the parable to represent the Jewish religious leaders and their actions toward God and toward himself, God’s Son. The grape farm represents the people of Israel, and the owner represents God. The grape farmers represent the leaders of Israel. The servants represent the prophets, and the owner’s son represents Jesus.

Examples of headings for this section are:

The Parable of the Tenants (NIV)

A story of evil farmers

A parable about bad renters of a vineyard

Parallel passages for this section are in Matthew 21:33–46 and Mark 12:1–12.

20:12a

Then he sent a third,

Again a third time, the owner sent a servant,
Then/So again the owner sent another servant,
When the servant came to the owner and told this to him, the owner sent a third servant to them.

The event in this verse is the third in a series of similar events. These three events lead to the climax in the next verse, when the owner will send his own son to the farmers/tenants. Consider how to translate this series of events in a way that is natural for leading to a climax in your language.

Then he sent a third: In Greek, this clause is literally “and he proceeded a third time to send someone.” This clause indicates that the owner again sent another servant to bring his share of the harvest to him. He had already sent two of his servants. Some English versions use the English word “still” to emphasize this. For example:

He sent still a third (NIV)

Some ways to translate the clause are:

Then a third time he sent a slave

He tried once more and sent a third (REB)

20:12b

but they wounded him and threw him out.

but the tenant farmers hurt him badly and forced him to leave the grape farm/garden.
but the men injured him seriously and threw/thrust him off the property.
When that servant went to the farmers, they treated him worse than the others. They wounded him and threw/flung him out.

but they wounded him: The Greek word that the BSB translates as wounded means “hurt badly” or “beat bloody.” It implies that this servant was injured more seriously than the others.

and threw him out: The Greek verb that the BSB translates as threw him out indicates that the tenant farmers themselves used force to throw or drag the servant from the farm.

The Greek text does not say explicitly here that this servant went home empty-handed, but that is clearly implied. In some languages you may need to make it explicit. For example:

without any share of the harvest

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

τρίτον

˓a˒_third

Jesus is using the adjective third as a noun in order to indicate a particular person. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could specify the person. Alternate translation: [a third servant]

Note 2 topic: translate-ordinal

τρίτον

˓a˒_third

If your language does not use ordinal numbers, you can use a cardinal number here. Alternate translation: [servant number three]

καὶ τοῦτον τραυματίσαντες, ἐξέβαλον

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί προσέθετο τρίτον πέμψαι οἱ δέ καί τοῦτον τραυματίσαντες ἐξέβαλον)

Alternate translation: [injuring that servant, cast him out as well]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

καὶ τοῦτον & ἐξέβαλον

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί προσέθετο τρίτον πέμψαι οἱ δέ καί τοῦτον τραυματίσαντες ἐξέβαλον)

Here Jesus means that the farmers forced the slave out of the vineyard. It is unlikely that they actually picked him up and heaved him through the air. Alternate translation: [chased this one also off the property]

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

1. OET-LV words
2. OET-RV words
3. Strongs
4. Greek word
5. Greek lemma
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. And
2. So
3. 25320
4. S
5. kai
6. C-·······
7. and
8. and
9. S
10. Y33
11. 57286
1. he proceeded
2. -
3. 43690
5. prostithēmi
6. V-IAM3··S
7. ˱he˲ proceeded
8. ˱he˲ proceeded
9. -
10. Y33; R57224
11. 57287
1. to send
2. -
3. 39920
5. pempō
6. V-NAA····
7. ˓to˒ send
8. ˓to˒ send
9. -
10. Y33
11. 57290
1. +a third
2. third
3. 51540
5. tritos
6. S-····AMS
7. ˓a˒ third
8. ˓a˒ third
9. -
10. Y33; F57295
11. 57289
1. and
2. -
3. 11610
5. de
6. C-·······
7. and
8. and
9. -
10. Y33
11. 57293
1. they
2. they
3. 35880
5. ho
6. R-···3NMP
7. they
8. they
9. -
10. Y33; R57261
11. 57292
1. also
2. -
3. 25320
5. kai
6. D-·······
7. also
8. also
9. -
10. Y33
11. 57294
1. having wounded
2. wounded
3. 51350
5. traumatizō
6. V-PAA·NMP
7. ˓having˒ wounded
8. ˓having˒ wounded
9. -
10. Y33; R57261
11. 57297
1. this one
2. -
3. 37780
5. houtos
6. R-····AMS
7. this ‹one›
8. this ‹one›
9. -
10. Y33; R57289
11. 57295
1. throw out him
2. -
3. 15440
5. ekballō
6. V-IAA3··P
7. throw_out ‹him›
8. cast_out ‹him›
9. -
10. Y33
11. 57299

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.

OET interlinear LUKE 20:12

SR Greek word order (including unused variant words in grey)

Section 20:9–19: Jesus told a parable about some evil tenant farmers

20:12a

20:12b

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)