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.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ 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.
📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?
The Gospel of Luke was traditionally written by Luke, a companion of Paul, to Theophilus and a wider Gentile audience, likely in the mid-to-late first century CE. Jesus told the Parable of the Wicked Tenants, which includes this statement, in Jerusalem to religious leaders who challenged his authority to teach and perform miracles.
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