Matthew 21:33 “Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyar…”

Matthew 21:33

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:

World English Bible

“Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a wine press in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.

American Standard Version

Hear another parable: There was a man that was a householder, who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.

Geneva Bible 1599

Heare another parable, There was a certaine housholder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and made a winepresse therein, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a strange countrey.

Darby Translation

Hear another parable: There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and made a fence round it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country.

Young's Literal Translation

'Hear ye another simile: There was a certain man, a householder, who planted a vineyard, and did put a hedge round it, and digged in it a wine-press, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad.

Bible in Basic English

Give ear to another story. A master of a house made a vine garden, and put a wall round it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and made a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.

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Cross references

“Hear”

Hosea 4:1 Matthew 13:18 1 Kings 22:19 Isaiah 1:10 Jeremiah 19:3

Hosea 4:1 · BSB

Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!

Matthew 13:18 · BSB

Consider, then, the parable of the sower:

1 Kings 22:19 · BSB

Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left.

Isaiah 1:10 · BSB

Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

Jeremiah 19:3 · BSB

saying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on this place that the ears of all who hear of i…

“There”

Isaiah 5:1–4 Jeremiah 2:21 John 15:1 Psalm 80:8–16 Song of Solomon 8:11 Song of Solomon 8:12

Isaiah 5:1–4 · BSB

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

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 · BSB

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

Psalm 80:8–16 · BSB

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

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.

“husbandmen”

Malachi 2:4–9 Matthew 23:2 Deuteronomy 1:15–17 Deuteronomy 16:18 Deuteronomy 17:9–12 Deuteronomy 33:8–10

Malachi 2:4–9 · BSB

Then you will know that I have sent you this commandment so that My covenant with Levi may continue,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Matthew 23:2 · BSB

“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.

Deuteronomy 1:15–17 · 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 17:9–12 · BSB

You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who presides at that time. Inquire of them, and they will give you a verdict in the case.

Deuteronomy 33:8–10 · BSB

Concerning Levi he said: “Give Your Thummim to Levi and Your Urim to Your godly one, whom You tested at Massah and contested at the waters of Meribah.

“went”

Luke 19:12 Mark 13:34 Matthew 25:14 Matthew 25:15

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.

Mark 13:34 · BSB

It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch.

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.

Matthew 25:15 · BSB

To one he gave five talents, to another two talents, and to another one talent—each according to his own ability. And he went on his journey.

Also

Matthew 21:28

Matthew 21:28 · BSB

But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’

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

In context

32For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.

34When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit.

Read Matthew 21