Luke 20:16 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

He's going to come back and get rid of those workers, then hand the vineyard over to someone else. When the crowd heard this, they were like 'Oh no, please don't let that happen.'

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Sometimes the people who were supposed to take care of things get replaced when they mess up too badly.

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