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Luke 20:19 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 19. 19And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.
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Quick Meaning
Luke 20:19 supplies Luke 20:19's own evidence for “The Tenant Parable Warns Violent Leaders”: “And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against…”.
Read It With
- Luke 20:9–20:19
Read Luke 20:19 with 20:9–20:19. In isolation, this contribution—supplies Luke 20:19's own evidence for “The Tenant Parable Warns Violent Leaders”: “And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against…”—can be detached from its speaker, audience, scene or teaching sequence, and outcome. The complete unit establishes: Tenants beat servants, kill a beloved son, and face removal; Jesus cites the rejected stone, and leaders perceive the parable addresses them.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Luke 20:19 supplies Luke 20:19's own evidence for “The Tenant Parable Warns Violent Leaders”: “And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against…”. This precise contribution belongs inside “The Tenant Parable Warns Violent Leaders” because Tenants beat servants, kill a beloved son, and face removal; Jesus cites the rejected stone, and leaders perceive the parable addresses them.
What Remains True
Luke 20:19 supplies Luke 20:19's own evidence for “The Tenant Parable Warns Violent Leaders”: “And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against…”. Read inside Luke 20:9–20:19, this contribution supports the unit's proportionate truth: Tenants beat servants, kill a beloved son, and face removal; Jesus cites the rejected stone, and leaders perceive the parable addresses them. Its use remains accountable to affected people and the unit's explicit boundary.
How It Can Shape Life
- Luke 20:19 supplies Luke 20:19's own evidence for “The Tenant Parable Warns Violent Leaders”: “And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against…”. Its faithful response is proportionate to that role: Hold entrusted leaders accountable for violence, exclusion, and misuse of what belongs to another; reject antisemitism, supersessionism, and church immunity from the warning.
Continue in Context
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Read Luke 20:9–20:19 — The Tenant Parable Warns Violent LeadersSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and coverage.
Exact location: Luke 20:9–20:19, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and sentence relations; the edition is not treated as a complete apparatus.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT official repository, data/sblgnt/text/Luke.txt, 20:9–20:19
Open the Luke Greek text file ↗open translation and translator notes
NET Bible First Edition Notes: Luke
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, KJV-language clarification, historical notes, Synoptic parallels, and textual alternatives.
Exact location: NET Bible First Edition Luke PDF, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to Luke 20:9–20:19
Open source ↗