Contradictions and Paradoxes in Luke 20:14

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Luke 20:14 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Luke 20:14. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, the workers on the farm saw the owner's son and thought if they got rid of him, they could keep the farm for themselves. They thought getting rid of him would make everything belong to them.

Luke 20:14: But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

Contradiction with Luke 9:23

This verse emphasizes self-denial and taking up one's cross, contradicting the wicked and self-serving actions of the husbandmen in Luke 20:14.

Luke 9:23: And he said to [them] all, If any [man] will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:44

This verse calls to love enemies and pray for persecutors, contrasting the violent intentions of the husbandmen.

Matthew 5:44: But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

Contradiction with Proverbs 14:22

It highlights that devising evil plans leads to error, contradictory to the husbandmen's belief that their actions would benefit them.

Proverbs 14:22: Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth [shall be] to them that devise good.

Contradiction with Romans 12:17

Advises against repaying evil for evil, in contrast to the husbandmen’s malicious response to the landowner’s son.

Romans 12:17: Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

Contradiction with Hebrews 13:16

Encourages doing good and sharing, opposing the husbandmen's greedy and harmful intentions.

Hebrews 13:16: But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Contradiction with James 3:17

Describes wisdom from above as pure and peaceable, in direct contradiction to the malicious plotting of the husbandmen.

James 3:17: But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, [and] easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. [partiality: or, wrangling]
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