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Themes in Luke 20

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Themes in Luke 20

Luke 20:1 (show verse)

One day as he was teaching the people in the Temple, and preaching the good news, the high priests and scribes came up with the elders

Divinity » Challenged » By the scribes and elders

Luke 20:2 (show verse)

and said to him, "Tell us what authority you have for doing as you do, or who gave you any such authority?"

Divinity » Challenged » By the scribes and elders

Luke 20:3 (show verse)

He said to them, "I will ask you a question too.

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Luke 20:4 (show verse)

Tell me, did John's baptism come from heaven or from men?"

Baptism » John's

Luke 20:5 (show verse)

And they argued with one another, and said, "If we say 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why did you not believe him?'

Reasoning » Of the pharisees

Luke 20:6 (show verse)

But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was a prophet."

John » His influence upon the public mind

Luke 20:7 (show verse)

So they answered that they did not know where it came from.

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Luke 20:8 (show verse)

And Jesus said to them, "Nor will I tell you what authority I have for doing as I do."

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Luke 20:9 (show verse)

Then he went on to give the people this illustration: "A man once planted a vineyard, and leased it to tenants, and went away for along absence.

Fort » Erected in vineyards and herding grounds
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The evil sharecroppers
Jesus Christ » History of » Enunciates » The parable of the wicked husbandmen (in jerusalem)
Land » Leased
Lease » Of real estate
Malfeasance in office » Instances of » The leasees of the vineyard, in one of the parables of jesus
Rejection » The stone which the builders rejected
Renting » Land
Reproof » Faithfulness in » In the parables of jesus » Of the vineyard

Luke 20:10 (show verse)

And at the proper time he sent a slave to the tenants to have them give him a share of the vintage, but the tenants beat him, and sent him back empty-handed.

Jesus Christ » Parables of » The evil sharecroppers
Jesus Christ » History of » Enunciates » The parable of the wicked husbandmen (in jerusalem)
Land » Leased
Lease » Of real estate
Malfeasance in office » Instances of » The leasees of the vineyard, in one of the parables of jesus
Rejection » The stone which the builders rejected
Renting » Land
Reproof » Faithfulness in » In the parables of jesus » Of the vineyard

Luke 20:11 (show verse)

And again he sent another slave, and they beat him also and mistreated him and sent him back empty-handed.

Luke 20:12 (show verse)

And again he sent a third, but they wounded him too, and threw him outside.

Luke 20:13 (show verse)

Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What can I do? I will send them my dear son; perhaps they will respect him.'

Luke 20:14 (show verse)

But when the tenants saw him, they argued with one another, 'This is his heir! Let us kill him, so that the property will belong to us!'

Luke 20:15 (show verse)

So they drove him out of the vineyard and killed him. Now what will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

Luke 20:16 (show verse)

He will come and put those tenants to death, and give the vineyard to others." When they heard this they said, "Heaven forbid!"

Agriculture » General references to » Called husbandmen
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Utterly cut off
Israel » Captivity of » Cut off
Israel » Captivity of » Rejected by God
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The evil sharecroppers
Jesus Christ » History of » Enunciates » The parable of the wicked husbandmen (in jerusalem)
Land » Leased
Lease » Of real estate
Privileges » Misused » Withdrawn
Rejection » The stone which the builders rejected
Renting » Land
Reproof » Faithfulness in » In the parables of jesus » Of the vineyard
Tenants » Evicted

Luke 20:17 (show verse)

He looked at them and said, "Then what does this saying of Scripture mean, "'That stone which the builders rejected Has become the cornerstone'?

Corner-stone » Figurative » Of Christ
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The evil sharecroppers
Jesus Christ » History of » Enunciates » The parable of the wicked husbandmen (in jerusalem)
Rejection » The stone which the builders rejected
Reproof » Faithfulness in » In the parables of jesus » Of the vineyard
Stones » Figurative » Of Christ's rejection, the rejected conerstone

Luke 20:18 (show verse)

Whoever falls on that stone will be shattered, but whoever it falls upon will be pulverized."

Jesus Christ » Parables of » The evil sharecroppers
Jesus Christ » History of » Enunciates » The parable of the wicked husbandmen (in jerusalem)
Rejection » The stone which the builders rejected
Reproof » Faithfulness in » In the parables of jesus » Of the vineyard
Stones » Figurative » Of Christ's rejection, the rejected conerstone

Luke 20:19 (show verse)

And the scribes and high priests wanted to arrest him then and there, but they were afraid of the people, for they knew that he had aimed this illustration at them.

Craftiness » Instances of » Jews, in seeking to entangle the master
Jesus Christ » History of » Enunciates » The parable of the wicked husbandmen (in jerusalem)
Reproof » Faithfulness in » In the parables of jesus » Of the vineyard

Luke 20:20 (show verse)

So they kept watch of him and set some spies who pretended to be honest men to fasten on something that he said, so that they might hand him over to the control and authority of the governor.

Christ » Slandered » Snares laid for
Craftiness » Instances of » Jews, in seeking to entangle the master
Dissimulation » Examples of
Duplicity » Dissimulation, examples of
Jesus Christ » History of » Tested by the pharisees and the herodians, and enunciates the duty of a citizen to his government (in jerusalem)
Reproof » Faithfulness in » In the parables of jesus » Of the vineyard
Snares laid » For Christ
Spies » Pharisees acted as

Luke 20:21 (show verse)

And they asked him, "Master, we know that you are right in what you say and teach, and that you show no favor, but teach the way of God in sincerity.

Craftiness » Instances of » Jews, in seeking to entangle the master
Favoritism » The lord not respecting persons (not showing favoritism)
Flattery » Instance of » By the herodians
Jesus Christ » Teacher
Jesus Christ » History of » Tested by the pharisees and the herodians, and enunciates the duty of a citizen to his government (in jerusalem)
Rendering » What should be rendered to caesar and what should be rendered to God
Tribute » Rendering tribute

Luke 20:22 (show verse)

Is it right for us to pay taxes to the emperor, or not?"

Caesar » Tiberius
Craftiness » Instances of » Jews, in seeking to entangle the master
Jesus Christ » History of » Tested by the pharisees and the herodians, and enunciates the duty of a citizen to his government (in jerusalem)
Rendering » What should be rendered to caesar and what should be rendered to God
Tribute » Rendering tribute

Luke 20:23 (show verse)

But he detected their trickery, and said to them,

Christ » Touched by others » Tried by his enemies
Craftiness » Craftiness, general references to
Craftiness » Instances of » Jews, in seeking to entangle the master
Duplicity » Craftiness, general references to
Jesus Christ » History of » Tested by the pharisees and the herodians, and enunciates the duty of a citizen to his government (in jerusalem)
Rendering » What should be rendered to caesar and what should be rendered to God
Tribute » Rendering tribute

Luke 20:24 (show verse)

"Show me a denarius. Whose head and title does it bear?" They said, "The emperor's."

Craftiness » Instances of » Jews, in seeking to entangle the master
Jesus Christ » History of » Tested by the pharisees and the herodians, and enunciates the duty of a citizen to his government (in jerusalem)
Rendering » What should be rendered to caesar and what should be rendered to God
Tribute » Rendering tribute

Luke 20:25 (show verse)

He said to them, "Then pay the emperor what belongs to the emperor, and pay God what belongs to God!"

Craftiness » Instances of » Jews, in seeking to entangle the master
Government » Duty of citizens to
Jesus Christ » History of » Tested by the pharisees and the herodians, and enunciates the duty of a citizen to his government (in jerusalem)
Rendering » What should be rendered to caesar and what should be rendered to God
Tribute » Rendering tribute

Luke 20:26 (show verse)

So they could not fasten on what he said before the people, and they were amazed at his answer, and said nothing more.

Luke 20:27 (show verse)

Then some of the Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, came up and asked him,

Jesus Christ » History of » Tested by the sadducees concerning the resurrection of the dead (in jerusalem)
Marriage » Who does not marry
Resurrection » Doubts concerning, on the part of worldly men
Resurrection » The resurrected
The Resurrection » Denied by the sadducees
Sadducees » Reject the doctrine of the resurrection
Sadducees » Denied the resurrection and a future stated

Luke 20:28 (show verse)

"Master, Moses made us a law that if a man's brother die leaving a wife but no children, the man should marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother.

Brother » Brother's widow. » Law concerning levirate marriage of
Jesus Christ » History of » Tested by the sadducees concerning the resurrection of the dead (in jerusalem)
Marriage » Levirate (the brother required to marry a brother's widow)
Marriage » Who does not marry
Resurrection » The resurrected
Sadducees » Reject the doctrine of the resurrection

Luke 20:29 (show verse)

Now there were seven brothers. And the eldest married a wife and died childless.

Home » Family » Hard to bear causes of » Childlessness regarded as a misfortune
Jesus Christ » History of » Tested by the sadducees concerning the resurrection of the dead (in jerusalem)
Marriage » Who does not marry
Resurrection » The resurrected
Sadducees » Reject the doctrine of the resurrection

Luke 20:30 (show verse)

And the second married her,

Jesus Christ » History of » Tested by the sadducees concerning the resurrection of the dead (in jerusalem)
Marriage » Who does not marry
Resurrection » The resurrected
Sadducees » Reject the doctrine of the resurrection

Luke 20:31 (show verse)

and the third, and all the seven married her and died without leaving any child.

Luke 20:33 (show verse)

Now at the resurrection, which one's wife will the woman be? For all seven of them married her."

Luke 20:34 (show verse)

Jesus said to them, "The people of this world marry and are married,

Angels » Who are as angels
Children » Lambs of the fold » Of the world
Jesus Christ » History of » Tested by the sadducees concerning the resurrection of the dead (in jerusalem)
Marriage » Who does not marry
Resurrection » The resurrected
Sadducees » Reject the doctrine of the resurrection

Luke 20:35 (show verse)

but those who are thought worthy to attain that other world and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are married.

Angels » Who are as angels
Angels » Do not marry
Jesus Christ » History of » Tested by the sadducees concerning the resurrection of the dead (in jerusalem)
Marriage » Who does not marry
Resurrection » The resurrected
Sadducees » Reject the doctrine of the resurrection
The Saved » Description of » Description of the saved
the future » The inhabitants of heaven » Description of the saved

Luke 20:36 (show verse)

For they cannot die again; they are like the angels, and through sharing in the resurrection, they are sons of God.

Angels » Who are as angels
Angels » Nature » Immortal
Children » Lambs of the fold » Of God
death » Exemption from » No death in heaven
natural Death » None subject to, in heaven
Immortality » General references to
Jesus Christ » History of » Tested by the sadducees concerning the resurrection of the dead (in jerusalem)
Man » Ignorance of » Immortality of
Man's » Immortality » General references to
Marriage » Who does not marry
Resurrection » The resurrected
Sadducees » Reject the doctrine of the resurrection
The Saved » Description of » Description of the saved
the future » The inhabitants of heaven » Description of the saved
Titles and names of saints » Children of the resurrection

Luke 20:37 (show verse)

But that the dead are raised to life, even Moses indicated in the passage about the bush, when he calls the Lord 'the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'

Angels » Who are as angels
God » What the lord God is not
Jesus Christ » History of » Tested by the sadducees concerning the resurrection of the dead (in jerusalem)
Marriage » Who does not marry
Resurrection » The resurrected
Sadducees » Reject the doctrine of the resurrection

Luke 20:38 (show verse)

He is not the God of dead men but of living, for all men are alive to him."

Luke 20:39 (show verse)

Some of the scribes replied, "Master, that was a fine answer!"

Jesus Christ » History of » Tested by the sadducees concerning the resurrection of the dead (in jerusalem)
Sadducees » Reject the doctrine of the resurrection

Luke 20:40 (show verse)

For they did not dare to ask him any more questions.

Jesus Christ » History of » Tested by the sadducees concerning the resurrection of the dead (in jerusalem)
Sadducees » Reject the doctrine of the resurrection

Luke 20:41 (show verse)

But he said to them, "How can the scribes say that the Christ is a son of David?

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Luke 20:42 (show verse)

For David himself says in the Book of Psalms, " 'The Lord has said to my lord, "Sit at my right hand,

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Luke 20:43 (show verse)

Until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet!" '

Stool » Footstool » Enemies of jesus

Luke 20:44 (show verse)

David then calls him lord. So how can he be his son?"

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Luke 20:45 (show verse)

While all the people were listening, he said to his disciples,

Jesus Christ » History of » Exposes the hypocrisies of the scribes and pharisees (in jerusalem)

"Beware of the scribes who like to go about in long robes, and love to be saluted with respect in public places, and to have the front seats in the synagogues and the best places at banquets??47 men who eat up widows' houses and to cover it up make long prayers! They will get all the heavier sentence!"

Display » General references to
Garments » Worn long and flowing
Jesus Christ » History of » Exposes the hypocrisies of the scribes and pharisees (in jerusalem)
Ostentation » In dress » General references to

Luke 20:47 (show verse)

Jesus Christ » History of » Exposes the hypocrisies of the scribes and pharisees (in jerusalem)
Prayer » Long » Of scribes
Punishment » According to deeds
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Rapacity of