Luke 20:9 “Then He proceeded to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vi…”

Luke 20:9

Then He proceeded to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenants, and went away for a long time.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.

World English Bible

He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and rented it out to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time.

American Standard Version

And he began to speak unto the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country for a long time.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then began he to speake to ye people this parable, A certaine man planted a vineyarde, and let it forth to husbandmen: and went into a strange countrey, for a great time.

Darby Translation

And he began to speak to the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country for a long time.

Young's Literal Translation

And he began to speak unto the people this simile: 'A certain man planted a vineyard, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad for a long time,

Bible in Basic English

And he gave the people this story: A man made a vine-garden and gave the use of it to some field-workers and went into another country for a long time.

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Cross references

“this”

Matthew 21:33–46 Mark 12:1–12

Matthew 21:33–46 · BSB

Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.

Mark 12:1–12 · BSB

Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.

“planted”

Isaiah 5:1–7 Psalm 80:8–14 Jeremiah 2:21 John 15:1–8 1 Corinthians 3:6–9

Isaiah 5:1–7 · BSB

I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.

Psalm 80:8–14 · BSB

You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.

Jeremiah 2:21 · BSB

I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?

John 15:1–8 · BSB

“I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.

1 Corinthians 3:6–9 · BSB

I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.

“and let”

Song of Solomon 8:11 Song of Solomon 8:12

Song of Solomon 8:11 · BSB

Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver.

Song of Solomon 8:12 · BSB

But my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you, O Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.

“husbandman”

Deuteronomy 1:15–18 Deuteronomy 16:18 Deuteronomy 17:8–15

Deuteronomy 1:15–18 · BSB

So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them as leaders over you—as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens, and as officers for your tribes.

Deuteronomy 16:18 · BSB

You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.

Deuteronomy 17:8–15 · BSB

If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose.

“went”

Luke 19:12

Luke 19:12 · BSB

So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.

Also

Matthew 25:14

Matthew 25:14 · BSB

For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”

10At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.

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