Luke 20:11

Verse

So he sent another servant, but they beat him and treated him shamefully, sending him away empty-handed.

American Standard Version (1901)

And he sent yet another servant: and him also they beat, and handled him shamefully, and sent him away empty.

And he sent another servant, and they gave blows to him in the same way, and put shame on him, and sent him away with nothing.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And again he sent another servant. But they beat him also, and treating him reproachfully, sent him away empty.

Free Bible Version

So the owner sent another servant, but they beat him too and treated him shamefully, and sent him away with nothing.

Geneva Bible 1599

Againe he sent yet another seruant: and they did beate him, and foule entreated him, and sent him away emptie.

King James (Authorized) Version

And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.

One Unity Resource Bible

He sent yet another servant, and they also beat him, and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.

Translation for Translators

Later, the owner sent another servant. But they beat him and mistreated him also. They sent him away without giving him any grapes.

Unlocked Literal Bible

He then sent yet another servant and they also beat him, treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed.

Noah Webster Bible

And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.

World English Bible

He sent yet another servant, and they also beat him and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.

Young's Literal Translation

'And he added to send another servant, and they that one also having beaten and dishonoured, did send away empty;

Context

The Parable of the Wicked Tenants

¹⁰At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.¹¹So he sent another servant, but they beat him and treated him shamefully, sending him away empty-handed.

Summary

This verse is part of the Parable of the Wicked Tenants, where Jesus uses a story to illustrate the rejection of God's messengers by the religious leaders of His time. The vineyard owner in the parable symbolizes God, the vineyard represents Israel, and the tenants are the religious leaders who were entrusted to care for God's people. The rejection and mistreatment of the owner's servants and eventually his son foreshadow the religious leaders' rejection of Jesus, the Son of God. This parable serves as a warning about the consequences of rejecting God's messengers and His ultimate authority.

Commentary

John Gill

John Gill Bible Commentary

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? Isa 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.