Luke 20:12 Meaning and Explanation
“And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →The owner sends yet a third servant; this one the tenants wound and throw out of the vineyard.
What Does Luke 20:12 Mean?
The third sending escalates again: not merely beaten now, but wounded and expelled. Three servants mark a settled completeness — the tenants' rejection is no lapse of temper but a confirmed policy.
The vineyard's own gates now shut God's messengers out of God's own property — the strange liberty he allows his creatures, to bar the door against him for a season. Yet the owner is not finished. When every appeal seems spent, his love holds one gift in reserve, greater than all the messengers together. The next verse opens the owner's heart and, with it, the heart of the gospel.
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What does Luke 20:12 mean?
The owner sends yet a third servant; this one the tenants wound and throw out of the vineyard.