LUKE 20:13 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
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 So the lord of the vineyard said, ‘What should I do? I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.’

UST So the owner of the vineyard said to himself, ‘What should I do now? I will send my son, whom I love very much. They will probably respect him.’

BSB ‘What shall I do?’ asked the owner of the vineyard. ‘I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.’

MSB ‘What shall I do?’ asked the owner of the vineyard. ‘I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him when they see [him].[fn]’

BLB Then the master of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.'

AICNT “And the lord of the vineyard said, ‘[What shall I do?][fn] I will send my beloved son; perhaps [when they see him,][fn] they will respect him.’

20:13, What shall I do: Absent from B(03).

20:13, seeing him: ℵ(01) B(03) C(04) D(05) NA28 SBLGNT THGNT ‖ Some manuscripts include. A(02) W(032) BYZ TR

OEB “What should I do?” said the owner of the vineyard. “I will send my son, who is very dear to me. Perhaps they will respect him.”

WEBBE The lord of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. It may be that seeing him, they will respect him.’

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What should I do? I will send my one dear son; perhaps they will respect him.’

LSV And the owner of the vineyard said, What will I do? I will send my son, the beloved, perhaps having seen this one, they will respect [him];

FBV The owner of the vineyard asked himself, ‘What shall I do? I know, I'll send my son whom I love. Perhaps they will respect him.’

TCNT So the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What should I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps [fn]when they see him they will have respect for him.’

20:13 when they see him ¦ — CT

T4T So the owner of the vineyard thought to himself, ‘◄I do not know what to do!/What shall I do?► [RHQ]’ Then he had an idea. He thought to himself, ‘I will send my son, whom I love very much. Perhaps they will respect him and give him my share of the grapes.’

LEB So the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What should I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.’

BBE And the lord of the garden said, What am I to do? I will send my dearly loved son; they may give respect to him.

Moff Said the owner of the vineyard, "What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him."

Wymth Then the owner of the vineyard said, "`What am I to do? I will send my son—my dearly-loved son: they will probably respect him.'

ASV And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; it may be they will reverence him.

DRA Then the lord of the vineyard said: What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be, when they see him, they will reverence him.

YLT 'And the owner of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my son — the beloved, perhaps having seen this one, they will do reverence;

Drby And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: perhaps when they see him they will respect [him].

RV And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him.

SLT And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do I will send my dearly beloved son: perhaps, having seen him, they will change.

Wbstr Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be when they see him they will reverence him.

KJB-1769 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.

KJB-1611 Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I doe? I will send my beloued sonne: it may be they will reuerence him when they see him.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Then said the Lord of the vineyarde: What shal I do? I wyl send my deare sonne, it may be they wyll reuerence hym, when they see hym.
(Then said the Lord of the vineyard: What shall I do? I will send my dear son, it may be they will reverence him, when they see him.)

Gnva Then sayd the Lord of the vineyard, What shall I doe? I will send my beloued sonne: it may be that they will doe reuerence, when they see him.
(Then said the Lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be that they will do reverence, when they see him. )

Cvdl Then sayde the lorde of the vynyarde: What shal I do? I wil sende my deare sonne, peraduenture they wil stonde in awe of him, whan they se him.
(Then said the lord of the vineyard: What shall I do? I will send my dear son, peradventure/perhaps they will stand in awe of him, when they see him.)

TNT Then sayde the lorde of the vyneyarde: what shall I do? I will sende my deare sonne him peradventure they will reverence when they se him.
(Then said the lord of the vineyard: what shall I do? I will send my dear son him peradventure/perhaps they will reverence when they see him. )

Wycl And the lord of the vyneyerd seide, What schal Y do? Y schal sende my dereworthe sone; perauenture, whanne thei seen hym, thei schulen drede.
(And the lord of the vyneyerd said, What shall I do? I shall send my dear/precious son; peradventure/perhaps, when they seen him, they should dread.)

Luth Da sprach der Herr des Weinberges: Was soll ich tun? Ich will meinen lieben Sohn senden; vielleicht, wenn sie den sehen, werden sie sich scheuen.
(So spoke the/of_the Lord the vineyard: What should I do/put? I will my love(v) son send; perhaps, when they/she/them the see, become they/she/them itself/yourself/themselves shy_away/shun.)

ClVg Dixit autem dominus vineæ: Quid faciam? Mittam filium meum dilectum: forsitan, cum hunc viderint, verebuntur.
(He/She_said however master vineyards: What I_will_do? Mittam son mine beloved: perhaps, when/with this_one they_saw, really/trulybuntur. )

UGNT εἶπεν δὲ ὁ κύριος τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος, τί ποιήσω? πέμψω τὸν υἱόν μου τὸν ἀγαπητόν; ἴσως τοῦτον ἐντραπήσονται.
(eipen de ho kurios tou ampelōnos, ti poiaʸsō? pempsō ton huion mou ton agapaʸton; isōs touton entrapaʸsontai.)

SBL-GNT εἶπεν δὲ ὁ κύριος τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος· Τί ποιήσω; πέμψω τὸν υἱόν μου τὸν ἀγαπητόν· ἴσως ⸀τοῦτον ἐντραπήσονται.
(eipen de ho kurios tou ampelōnos; Ti poiaʸsō; pempsō ton huion mou ton agapaʸton; isōs ⸀touton entrapaʸsontai.)

RP-GNT Εἶπεν δὲ ὁ κύριος τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος, Τί ποιήσω; Πέμψω τὸν υἱόν μου τὸν ἀγαπητόν· ἴσως τοῦτον ἰδόντες ἐντραπήσονται.
(Eipen de ho kurios tou ampelōnos, Ti poiaʸsō; Pempsō ton huion mou ton agapaʸton; isōs touton idontes entrapaʸsontai.)

TC-GNT Εἶπε δὲ ὁ κύριος τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος, Τί ποιήσω; Πέμψω τὸν υἱόν μου τὸν ἀγαπητόν· ἴσως τοῦτον [fn]ἰδόντες ἐντραπήσονται.
(Eipe de ho kurios tou ampelōnos, Ti poiaʸsō; Pempsō ton huion mou ton agapaʸton; isōs touton idontes entrapaʸsontai. )

20:13 ιδοντες ¦ — 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.

Paragraph 20:13–16b

In this paragraph the owner decided to send his son. The grape farmers/tenants rejected him and killed him. This figuratively represents the people rejecting Jesus, God’s Son, and killing him.

20:13a

‘What shall I do?’ asked the owner of the vineyard.

¶ “Then the owner of the grape farm thought, ‘What am I going to do now?
¶ “So the owner of the farm asked himself, ‘What will I do next?’
¶ “When the master/lord heard this, he thought about what he would do.

In Greek, 20:13a begins with a conjunction that is often translated as “and” or “so.” The NIV translates this word as “Then.” It introduces what the owner thought or said as a result of what had happened. In some languages it may be natural to introduce this statement with a clause. For example:

When the owner heard this

When the servant returned to the owner

Introduce this event in a natural way in your language.

‘What shall I do?’ asked the owner of the vineyard: The BSB places the words asked the owner of the vineyard in the middle of what the owner said to himself. This is good English style. However, in some languages, it may be necessary to place these words at the beginning of 20:13a. For example:

Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I ?…’ (NIV)

What shall I do?: This is a rhetorical question. The owner asked himself this question. He was not certain how he should react to what the farmers had done. Some ways to translate this uncertainty are:

As a question. For example:
What will I do now? (NCV)
What am I to do? (REB)
As a direct quote. For example:
I wonder what I should do.
As an indirect quote. For example:
…he thought about what he should do.
Translate this uncertainty in a way that is natural in your language.

asked the owner of the vineyard: The Greek verb that the BSB translates as asked can refer to either thoughts or spoken words. Some other ways to translate it here are:

The owner then said to himself (CEV)

Then the owner asked himself

The owner thought

20:13b

‘I will send my beloved son.

I will send my beloved son to them.
And he said, ‘I will send my son to them. I love him very much.
He decided that he would send his cherished/beloved son,

I will send my beloved son: Here the owner answered the question that he asked himself in 20:13a. The Greek phrase that the BSB translates as my beloved describes the son. It indicates that the son was very dear to his father. It does not imply that the owner had other sons whom he did not love. This son was his only son. In the parable he represents God’s Son Jesus.

Some other ways to translate it are:

I will send my beloved son (NRSV)

I will send my own dear son (GNT)

I will send my son. I love him very much.

In 3:22 God used this phrase about Jesus at his baptism. See how you translated it there.

20:13c

Perhaps they will respect him.’

Surely/Maybe they will treat him with respect.’
I expect/hope that they will honor him.’
thinking that the tenants would surely treat his son with respect.

Perhaps they will respect him: In Greek the word him is emphasized. It is literally: “maybe this-one they will respect.” The owner thought that the grape farmers would probably respect his son. They knew that he had given his son complete authority to represent him. The clause implies a contrast with the servants, whom the grape farmers did not respect. In some languages it may be natural to make this explicit:

perhaps they will respect him even though they did not respect my servants

Perhaps: The Greek word that the BSB translates as Perhaps occurs only here in the New Testament. It is difficult to know exactly how much certainty it indicates. English versions have translated it in different ways. For example:

Surely (NLT)

probably (GW)

it may be (RSV)

The parable compares God to the owner. It may not intend to imply that the owner had the same knowledge of the future as God has. The owner had reason to hope and expect that the farmers would respect his son. Translate the word Perhaps in a natural way in your language for this context.

General Comment on 20:13a–c

In some languages it may be necessary to use indirect speech to tell what the owner thought. For example:

So the owner of the vineyard wondered what to do next. He decided to send his own beloved son, hoping that the tenants would respect him.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

ὁ κύριος τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος

the master ˱of˲_the vineyard

Alternate translation: [the owner of the vineyard] or [the man who had planted the vineyard]

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

εἶπεν & τί ποιήσω? πέμψω τὸν υἱόν μου τὸν ἀγαπητόν; ἴσως τοῦτον ἐντραπήσονται

said & (Some words not found in SR-GNT: εἶπεν Δέ ὁ κύριος τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος Τί ποιήσω Πέμψω τόν υἱόν μού τόν ἀγαπητόν ἴσως τοῦτον ἐντραπήσονται)

If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [asked himself what he should do. He decided to send his beloved son, hoping that the farmers would respect him]

ἴσως τοῦτον ἐντραπήσονται

perhaps ˱by˲_this_‹one› ˱they˲_˓will_be_being˒_swayed