LUKE 20:10 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) At the appropriate time of the year, he sent a slave to the tenants to collect his percentage of the profits, but they beat up the slave and sent him back empty-handed.

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT And at the time he sent a servant to the farmers so that they would give him from the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers sent him away, having beaten him, empty.

UST When it was time to harvest the grapes, this owner sent a servant to the people who were taking care of the vineyard. He wanted them to give him his share of the grapes that the vineyard had produced. But after the servant arrived, they beat that servant and sent him away without giving him any grapes.

BSB At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect [his share] of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat [the servant] [and] sent him away empty-handed.

MSB At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect [his share] of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat [the servant] [and] sent him away empty-handed.

BLB And in the season, he sent a servant to the farmers, that they will give to him from the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers sent him away empty-handed, having beaten him.

AICNT And at the right time, he sent a servant to the vine-growers so that they would give him some of [the fruit][fn] of the vineyard; [but the vine-growers,][fn] they sent him away empty-handed {after beating him}.[fn]

20:10, the fruit: Absent from ℵ(01) .

20:10, but the vine-growers: Absent from some manuscripts. D(05) Latin(a e)

20:10, after beating him: ℵ(01) B(03) BYZ TR NA28 SBLGNT THGNT ‖ Some manuscripts read “with insults.” A(02) C(04) W(032) Latin(it) Syriac(sy^p)

OEB At the proper time he sent a servant to the tenants, so that they could give him a share of the produce of the vineyard. The tenants, however, beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

WEBBE At the proper season, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET When harvest time came, he sent a slave to the tenants so that they would give him his portion of the crop. However, the tenants beat his slave and sent him away empty-handed.

LSV and at the season he sent a servant to the farmers, that they may give to him from the fruit of the vineyard, but the farmers having beat him, sent [him] away empty.

FBV At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenant farmers to collect his share of the crop, but the farmers beat the servant and sent him away with nothing.

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

T4T When the vines started producing grapes, he sent a servant to the men who were taking care of the vineyard. He expected that they would give him some of the grapes that the vineyard had produced. But after the servant arrived, they beat him and they did not give him any grapes. They just sent him away.

LEB 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[fn] beating him.[fn]

20:10 *Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“beating”) which is understood as temporal

20:10 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

BBE And at the right time he sent a servant to the workers to get part of the fruit from the vines; but the workmen gave him blows and sent him away with nothing.

Moff When the season came round he sent a servant to the vine dressers to receive part of the produce of the vineyard, but the vinedressers flogged him and sent him off with nothing.

Wymth At vintage-time he sent a servant to the vine-dressers, for them to give him a share of the crop; but the vine-dressers beat him cruelly and sent him away empty-handed.

ASV And at the season he sent unto the husbandmen a servant, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.

DRA And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard. Who, beating him, sent him away empty.

YLT and at the season he sent unto the husbandmen a servant, that from the fruit of the vineyard they may give to him, but the husbandmen having beat him, did send [him] away empty.

Drby And in the season he sent to the husbandmen a bondman, that they might give to him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the husbandmen, having beaten him, sent [him] away empty.

RV And at the season he sent unto the husbandmen a servant, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.

SLT And in time he sent a servant to the farmers, that they give him from the fruit of the vineyard: and the farmers, skinning, sent him out empty.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 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.

KJB-1611 And at the season, hee sent a seruant to the husbandmen, that they should giue him of the fruit of the vineyard, but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away emptie.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And when the time was come, he sent a seruaunt to the husbande men, that they shoulde geue hym of the fruite of the vineyarde. And they beat hym, and sent hym away emptie.
(And when the time was come, he sent a servant to the husband men, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard. And they beat him, and sent him away empty.)

Gnva And at the time conuenient he sent a seruant to the husbandmen, that they should giue him of the fruite of the vineyard: but the husbandmen did beate him, and sent him away emptie.
(And at the time convenient he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen did beat him, and sent him away empty. )

Cvdl And whan his tyme was come, he sent a seruaut to the hussbadmen, that they might geue him of the frute of the vynyarde. But the hussbandmen bet him, and sent him awaye emptye.
(And when his time was come, he sent a servant to the hussbadmen, that they might give him of the fruit of the vineyard. But the hussbandmen bet him, and sent him away emptye.)

TNT And when the tyme was come he sent a servaut to his tennauntes that they shuld geve him of the frutes of the vyneyarde. And the tennauntes dyd bet him and sent him awaye empty.
(And when the time was come he sent a servant to his tennauntes that they should give him of the fruits of the vineyard. And the tennauntes did bet him and sent him away empty. )

Wycl And in the tyme of gaderynge of grapis, he sente a seruaunt to the tilieris, that thei schulden yyue to hym of the fruyt of the vynyerd; whiche beten hym, and leten hym go voide.
(And in the time of gathering of grapes, he sent a servant to the tilieris, that they should give to him of the fruit of the vineyard; which beten him, and leten him go void.)

Luth Und zu seiner Zeit sandte er einen Knecht zu den Weingärtnern, daß sie ihm gäben von der Frucht des Weinberges. Aber die Weingärtner stäupten ihn und ließen ihn leer von sich.
(And to/for his time/period sent he a servant/farmhand to/for the winegrowers, that they/she/them him given from the/of_the fruit the vineyard. But the winegrowers purred him/it and leave/let him/it empty from itself/yourself/themselves.)

ClVg Et in tempore misit ad cultores servum, ut de fructu vineæ darent illi. Qui cæsum dimiserunt eum inanem.[fn]
(And in/into/on at_the_time he_sent to worshippers a_servant, as from/about fruit vineyards darent them. Who cæsum they_let_go him inanem. )

20.10 Et in tempore. Primus servus qui mittitur, Moyses legislator. Qui per quadraginta annos fructum legis quam dederat, a cultoribus inquirebat, sed cæsum dimittunt inanem.

20.10 And in/into/on at_the_time. Primus servant who/which is_sent, Moses legislator. Who through forty years fruit law how had_given, from cultoribus inquirebat, but cæsum dimittunt inanem.

UGNT καὶ καιρῷ ἀπέστειλεν πρὸς τοὺς γεωργοὺς δοῦλον, ἵνα ἀπὸ τοῦ καρποῦ τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος δώσουσιν αὐτῷ. οἱ δὲ γεωργοὶ ἐξαπέστειλαν αὐτὸν, δείραντες κενόν.
(kai kairōi apesteilen pros tous geōrgous doulon, hina apo tou karpou tou ampelōnos dōsousin autōi. hoi de geōrgoi exapesteilan auton, deirantes kenon.)

SBL-GNT ⸀καὶ καιρῷ ἀπέστειλεν πρὸς τοὺς γεωργοὺς δοῦλον, ἵνα ἀπὸ τοῦ καρποῦ τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος ⸀δώσουσιν αὐτῷ· οἱ δὲ γεωργοὶ ⸂ἐξαπέστειλαν αὐτὸν δείραντες⸃ κενόν.
(⸀kai kairōi apesteilen pros tous geōrgous doulon, hina apo tou karpou tou ampelōnos ⸀dōsousin autōi; hoi de geōrgoi ⸂exapesteilan auton deirantes⸃ kenon.)

RP-GNT καὶ ἐν καιρῷ ἀπέστειλεν πρὸς τοὺς γεωργοὺς δοῦλον, ἵνα ἀπὸ τοῦ καρποῦ τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος δῶσιν αὐτῷ. Οἱ δὲ γεωργοὶ δείραντες αὐτὸν ἐξαπέστειλαν κενόν.
(kai en kairōi apesteilen pros tous geōrgous doulon, hina apo tou karpou tou ampelōnos dōsin autōi. Hoi de geōrgoi deirantes auton exapesteilan kenon.)

TC-GNT καὶ [fn]ἐν καιρῷ ἀπέστειλε πρὸς τοὺς γεωργοὺς δοῦλον, ἵνα ἀπὸ τοῦ καρποῦ τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος [fn]δῶσιν αὐτῷ. Οἱ δὲ γεωργοὶ [fn]δείραντες αὐτὸν ἐξαπέστειλαν κενόν.
(kai en kairōi apesteile pros tous geōrgous doulon, hina apo tou karpou tou ampelōnos dōsin autōi. Hoi de geōrgoi deirantes auton exapesteilan kenon. )

20:10 εν καιρω ¦ εν τω καιρω ANT ¦ καιρω CT

20:10 δωσιν ¦ δωσουσιν ANT CT

20:10 δειραντες αυτον εξαπεστειλαν ¦ δηραντες αυτον εξαπεστειλαν PCK ¦ εξαπεστειλαν αυτον δειραντες CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN 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.

20:10a

At harvest time,

When the time came to harvest the grapes,
When the grapes were ripe,

At harvest time: The Greek word that the BSB translates as At harvest time means “at the right/proper time.” It refers here to harvest time as in the BSB. At that time, the grapes had ripened and were ready to be picked. It can take from four to five years for grape vines to mature and produce good grapes. Other ways to refer to this time here are:

At the right time (GW)

When the time came to gather the grapes (GNT)

20:10b–c

he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard: The Greek word that the BSB translates as sent refers to sending someone to do a certain task or to give a message. Here the owner of the grape farm chose one of his servants to go to the tenants to get his share of the grapes. Some ways to translate this meaning are:

As a statement that tells the owner’s purpose for sending the servant. For example:
he sent a slave to the tenants to receive from them his share of the harvest (GNT)
he sent a servant to the tenants, so that they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard (ESV)
As a message that the owner’s servant would give to the tenants. For example:
he sent a servant to ask the renters for his share of the grapes (CEV)
he sent a servant to tell the renters that they should give him his share of the grape harvest
he told one of his servants to go and say to the tenants, “Give me my share of the grapes.”

Notice that the final example uses both indirect and direct speech. Translate the meaning of 20:10b–c in a natural way in your language.

20:10b

he sent a servant to the tenants

he sent a servant to the tenant farmers
the land owner sent one of his servants/slaves to the men who were taking care of his farm for him.

servant: The Greek word that the BSB translates as servant means “slave,” as in the NRSV. This word refers to someone who was owned by another person. He worked for his owner/master without receiving pay.

In some cultures, slaves may not be known. In other cultures, the word for slave may imply different customs than in biblical culture. If that is true in your language, some ways to translate this are:

worker/servant

owned person

person who serves someone

the tenants: The Greek word that the BSB translates as tenants is the same word that was translated as “tenants” in 20:9c.

20:10c

to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard.

to tell them to give him some of the fruit that the grape farm/garden had produced.
with this message: ‘Send me fruit from my grape field/farm as we^(incl) agreed.’
He wanted them to send him his share of the ripe grapes.

to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard: The pronoun his refers to the owner of the vineyard. The clause does not imply that the owner wanted his servant to have a share of the grapes. Be sure that this is clear in your translation. Some ways to make it clear in English are:

to receive from them his share of the harvest (GNT)

to collect his share of the crop (NLT)

The owner wanted the farmers/tenants to prepare his part of the harvest and entrust it to his servant. Then the servant would take it back to the owner. In some languages it may be helpful to describe this purpose in more detail. For example:

that they would send the slave back to the owner with some of the fruit from the vineyard

that they would give/entrust the owner’s share of the grapes to the servant who would then take it back to the owner

his share of the fruit of the vineyard: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as his share of the fruit of the vineyard means “some of the fruit that the vineyard had produced.” Here it refers to the owner’s share of the grape harvest. The owner probably expected to receive either grapes or wine made from the grapes. In 20:9c the owner had made an agreement with the grape farmers/tenants. They agreed that they could keep a certain amount of the fruit from the harvest and that he would get the rest.

20:10d

But the tenants beat the servant

But/Instead, the tenant farmers beat the servant severely
But when the servant went to the men with this message, the men hit him and bruised him.
However, the farmers refused to send any fruit to the owner. Instead they gave the servant a beating

But: The Greek word that the BSB translates as But is often translated as “and.” It introduces the next event. The BSB has But to indicate that the tenant farmers did not do what the owner expected in 20:10b–c. Connect 20:10d to 20:10b–c in a natural way in your language.

In some languages it may be natural to say explicitly that the action in this verse happened after the servant arrived at the grape farm. For example:

But after the servant arrived

the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed: The phrase indicates that the grape farmers/tenants showed that they rejected the owner’s request by beating his servant. In some languages it may be helpful to make it clear that they refused the owner’s request. For example:

But the tenants refused. They beat the servant, and sent him away without any grapes.

beat: The Greek word that the BSB translates as beat means to hit repeatedly and cause bruises.

20:10e

and sent him away empty-handed.

and sent him away/back without any grapes.
They said, “Go^(sing) away! We^(excl) will not send the owner any fruit.”
and made him leave with nothing.

sent him away empty-handed: The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as sent him away empty-handed is literally “sent him out empty.” It indicates that the farmers/tenants sent the owner’s servant out of the garden/vineyard without giving him any grapes from the harvest. Other ways to translate 20:10d–e are:

But the tenants/farmers gave him no grapes, beat him up, and sent him out of the garden.

The tenants did not give him any grapes, rather they beat him and sent him back to his master.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

καιρῷ

˱in˲_˓the˒_season

If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state more explicitly what time this was. Alternate translation: [at the time at which they had agreed to give him a share of the crop] or [at harvest time]

γεωργοὺς & γεωργοὶ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί καιρῷ ἀπέστειλεν πρός τούς γεωργούς δοῦλον ἵνα ἀπό τοῦ καρποῦ τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος δώσουσιν αὐτῷ οἱ Δέ γεωργοί ἐξαπέστειλαν αὐτόν δείραντες κενόν)

See how you translated farmers in [20:9](../20/09.md). Alternate translation: [vine growers] or [grape farmers]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἀπὸ τοῦ καρποῦ τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος

The word fruit could be: (1) intended literally. Alternate translation: [some of the grapes they had grown] (2) figurative. Alternate translation: [some of what they had produced from the grapes they had grown] or [some of the money they had earned by selling their produce]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

οἱ & γεωργοὶ ἐξαπέστειλαν αὐτὸν, δείραντες κενόν

the & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί καιρῷ ἀπέστειλεν πρός τούς γεωργούς δοῦλον ἵνα ἀπό τοῦ καρποῦ τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος δώσουσιν αὐτῷ οἱ Δέ γεωργοί ἐξαπέστειλαν αὐτόν δείραντες κενόν)

It may be helpful to state explicitly that the farmers did this after the servant arrived, as UST does.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐξαπέστειλαν αὐτὸν & κενόν

sent_away (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί καιρῷ ἀπέστειλεν πρός τούς γεωργούς δοῦλον ἵνα ἀπό τοῦ καρποῦ τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος δώσουσιν αὐτῷ οἱ Δέ γεωργοί ἐξαπέστειλαν αὐτόν δείραντες κενόν)

Jesus speaks of this servant as if he were a container with nothing in it. Alternate translation: [sent him away without giving him anything]