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Gospel Luke Bible Study #59
Luke 20:9-19 The Parable of The Tenants

1. Why did a man plant a vineyard?
=God
What did he do to plant a vineyard?
= everything is all set up
What did the owner do when he had to go away for a long time? 20:9
=rented some farmers
What are the privilege and the responsibility of the tenants?
=chosen to work in the vineyard
=pay the rent
What is the right of the owner?
=right to collect the rent

2. What did the owner do at harvest time? 20:10a
=send a servant
What did the tenants do to the owner’s servant who came to ask for the fruits? 20:10b
=the tenants beat him and send him away empty-handed
What would you do to the tenants if you were the owner?
=immediate eviction
What did the owner do? 20:11a
=sent another servant
How did the tenants treat the second servant? 20:11b
=they beat and treated shamefully and sent away empty-handed
What did the owner do when the tenants beat up the second servant? 20:12a
=sent still a third,
How did the tenants treat the third servant? 20:12b
= and they wounded him and threw him out
What kind of the tenants were they?
=wicked
What does Jesus reveal about God as the owner of the vineyard?
=patiently sent his servants
=unreasonably patient
How did the people of Israel treat the prophets whom God had sent them? 11:47-49
=they killed prophets

3. How did the owner try to solve the wicked tenants’ problem? 20:13
=I will send my son, whom I love; perhaps they will respect him
Did the tenants recognize the son of the owner? 20:14
=let’s kill him,
What was their motive of killing the son? 20:14,15
= and the inheritance will be ours
How would they be the owners of the vineyard when they killed the son?
=3 years
What is the root of the tenant’s wickedness?
=they deny that they are tenants


4. What would the owner do when the tenants killed his son? 20:16a
=he will come and destroyed tenants
How did the people respond to the teaching of the parable? 20:16b
=God forbid
=they rejected and didn’t listened to Jesus
When were the tenants destroyed?
=Tenants were destroyed at A.D. 70 by General Titus
To whom was the vineyard given?
=to Christians
What is the bottom line of the rental business of the vineyard?
=the owner will never give up.
=God will always win.

5. How would the builders reject a stone as a capstone? 20:17b
=The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone?
What does the rejected stone imply?
=Jesus
Who makes the rejected stone a capstone? Ps 118:23
=God
=the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes.
What is the inevitable result of every man who is rebellious to that stone? 20:18
=Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed
6. Who represents in this parable? the owner -God the tenants – religious leaders
the servants-prophets the son- Jesus
What represents in this parable? the fruits-light for the gentiles. the vineyard-Israel nation, chosen people,
Temple, God’s words

6. What kind of tenant are you?
=I am a tenant.
life, money, time; we use them for fruits
living for God and fruits
=I am the owner of my life.
No rent, no fruit, angry, beat
Living for myself