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Luke 20:13

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.

KJV

εἶπεν δὲ ὁ κύριος τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος· τί ποιήσω; πέμψω τὸν υἱόν μου τὸν ἀγαπητόν· ἴσως τοῦτον ἐντραπήσονται.

Greek NT

Dixit autem dominus vineæ : Quid faciam ? Mittam filium meum dilectum : forsitan, cum hunc viderint, verebuntur.

Vulgate

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

ASV

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.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πέμπω
pempo
verb · 79×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
ἀγαπητός
agapetos
adjective · 61×
ἀμπελών
ampelon
noun · 23×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐντρέπω
entrepo
verb · 9×
ἴσως
isos
adverb · 1×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: τοῦτον | WH/Treg/NIV: τοῦτον | RP: + ἰδόντες
  • τοῦτονSBLGNT
  • τοῦτονWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ἰδόντεςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Parable

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ezek 12:3 — Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, thoug
  • Jer 36:3 — It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
  • Jer 36:7 — It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people.
  • John 1:11 — He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
  • John 3:16 — For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
  • Matt 3:17 — And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
  • Matt 21:37 — But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.