Luke 20:13

Amplified Bible

"Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will have respect for him.'

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What should I do? I will send my beloved

King James Version (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.

King James Version
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.

English Standard Version
Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.'

New American Standard Bible
"Now the owner of the vineyard said, 'What am I to do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.'

New Century Version
The owner of the vineyard said, ‘What will I do now? I will send my son whom I love. Maybe they will respect him.'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The owner of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.'

Legacy Standard Bible
Now the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.'

Berean Standard Bible
'What shall I do?' asked the owner of the vineyard. 'I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.'

Contemporary English Version
The owner then said to himself, "What am I going to do? I know what. I'll send my son, the one I love so much. They will surely respect him!"

Complete Jewish Bible
"Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What am I to do? I will send my son, whom I love; maybe they will respect him.'

Darby Translation
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].

Easy-to-Read Version
"The owner of the vineyard said, ‘What will I do now? I will send my son. I love my son very much. Maybe the farmers will respect my son.'

Geneva Bible (1587)
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.

George Lamsa Translation
Then the owner of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will see him and feel ashamed.

Good News Translation
Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my own dear son; surely they will respect him!'

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

Literal Translation
And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. Perhaps, having seen this one, they will respect him .

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

Bible in Basic English
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.

Hebrew Names Version
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.'

International Standard Version
"Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What should I do? I'll send my son whom I love. Maybe they'll respect him.'

Etheridge Translation
The lord of the vinery saith, What shall I do? I will send my son, the beloved; now will they see him and reverence him.

Murdock Translation
The lord of the vineyard said: What shall I do? I will send my dear son. Perhaps they will look upon him, and be ashamed.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
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.

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

World English Bible
The lord of the vineyard said, 'What will I do? I will send my beloved son. It may be that seeing him, they will respect him.'

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Then said the Lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps seeing him they will reverence him.

Weymouth's New Testament
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.'

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
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.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

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

New King James Version
"Then the owner of the vineyard said, "What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. Probably they will respect him when they see him.'

New Living Translation
"‘What will I do?' the owner asked himself. ‘I know! I'll send my cherished son. Surely they will respect him.'

New Life Bible
"Then the owner of the grape-field said, ‘What should I do? I will send my much-loved son. They might respect him.'

New Revised Standard
Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.'

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the lord of the vineyard said - What shall I do? I will send my son, the beloved, - It may be, that, him, they will respect.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Revised Standard Version
Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; it may be they will respect him.'

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
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.

Young's Literal Translation
`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;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
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.

Mace New Testament (1729)
upon which the master of the vineyard said, what shall I do? I will send my beloved son: perhaps his presence will engage their respect.

THE MESSAGE
"Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘I know what I'll do: I'll send my beloved son. They're bound to respect my son.'

Simplified Cowboy Version
"The owner wondered what he could do. He said, 'Maybe if I send my son, my only son, with a stern warning, they will listen to him.'

Contextual Overview

⁹Then He began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard and leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time [to another country]. ¹⁰"At harvest time he sent a servant [as his representative] to the tenants, so that they would give him his share of the fruit of the vineyard; but the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed. ¹¹"So he again sent another servant; they also beat him and dishonored and treated him disgracefully and sent him away empty-handed. ¹²"And he sent yet a third; and this one too they wounded and threw out [of the vineyard]. ¹³"Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will have respect for him.'¹⁴"But when the tenants saw him, they discussed it among themselves, saying, 'This [man] is the heir; let us kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.' ¹⁵"So they threw the son out of the vineyard and killed him. What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do to them? ¹⁶"He will come and put these tenants to death and will give the vineyard to others." When the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders heard this, they said, "May it never be!" ¹⁷But Jesus looked at them and said, "What then is [the meaning of] this that is written: 'THE [very] STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED, THIS BECAME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE'? ¹⁸"Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken and shattered in pieces; and on whomever it falls, it will crush him."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

What: Isaiah 5:4, Hosea 6:4, Hosea 11:8

I will: Luke 9:35, Matthew 3:17, Matthew 17:5, John 1:34, John 3:16, John 3:17, John 3:35, John 3:36, Romans 8:3, Galatians 4:4, 1 John 4:9-15

it may: Jeremiah 36:3, Jeremiah 36:7

Reciprocal: Genesis 37:13 - come Ezekiel 12:3 - it may Matthew 21:37 - last John 1:11 - and Acts 4:27 - the people

Cross-References

Genesis 12:1
Now [in Haran] the LORD had said to Abram, "Go away from your country, And from your relatives And from your father's house, To the land which I will show you;

Genesis 12:9
Then Abram journeyed on, continuing toward the Negev (the South country of Judah).

Genesis 20:3
But God came to Abimelech in a dream during the night, and said, "Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken [as your wife], for she is another man's wife."

Genesis 20:5
"Did Abraham not tell me, 'She is my sister?' And she herself said, 'He is my brother.' In the integrity of my heart and innocence of my hands I have done this."

Genesis 20:11
Abraham said, "Because I thought, 'Surely there is no fear or reverence of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.'

1 Samuel 23:21
Saul said, "May you be blessed by the LORD, because you have had compassion on me.

Psalms 64:5
They encourage themselves in [their pursuit of] an evil agenda; They talk of laying snares secretly; They say, "Who will discover us?"

Acts 5:9
Then Peter said to her, "How could you two have agreed together to put the Spirit of the Lord to the test? Look! The feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also."

Hebrews 11:8
By faith Abraham, when he was called [by God], obeyed by going to a place which he was to receive as an inheritance; and he went, not knowing where he was going.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said the Lord of the vineyard,.... Who planted it, and let it out to husbandmen, and expected fruit from it, and sent his servants from time to time for it:

what shall I do? or what can be done more than has been done? Isaiah 5:4 who else can be sent that is likely to do any good with such an ungrateful and unfruitful people?

I will send my beloved Son; the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who lay in his bosom, was the darling of his soul, and the delight of his heart; him he determined to send, and him he did send to the lost sheep of the house of Israel:

it may be they will reverence him, when they see him: it might be thought after the manner of men, that considering the greatness of his person, as the Son of God, the nature of his office, as the Redeemer and Saviour of men, the doctrines which he preached, the miracles which he wrought, and the holiness and harmlessness of his conversation, and the great good he did both to the bodies and souls of men, that he would have been had in great esteem and veneration with the men, to whom he was sent, and among whom he conversed: but, alas! when they saw him, they saw no beauty, comeliness, and excellency in him, and nothing on account of which he should be desired by them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this parable explained in the notes at Matthew 21:33-45.