Luke 20:12
“He sent yet a third, and they also wounded him, and threw him out.”
What does Luke 20:12 mean?
In this parable about a vineyard owner and tenants, a landowner keeps sending servants to collect what's owed to him, but the tenants treat each one worse than the last. By the time the third servant arrives, the pattern of rejection has escalated into violence. The tenants don't just refuse to pay, they physically harm this messenger and cast him out of the vineyard entirely. Jesus is illustrating how people can become hardened against God's repeated attempts to reach them, with each refusal making the next act of rejection easier and more brazen. It's a sobering picture of what happens when we ignore warning signs and gentle corrections, allowing our hearts to grow more resistant to truth.