Luke 20:9
7 So they answered that they did not know where it was from.
8 And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”
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.
10 At 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.
11 So he sent another servant, but they beat him and treated him shamefully, sending him away empty-handed.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- 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.
- BLB
- And He began to speak to the people this parable: “A certain man planted a vineyard, and he rented it out to farmers and traveled abroad a long time.
- ÅB
- Han begynte da å si denne lignelse til folket: En mann plantet en vingård og leide den ut til vingårdsmenn og dro utenlands for lange tider.
- OTB
- Så begynte han å fortelle folket denne lignelsen: «En mann plantet en vingård, leide den ut til noen bønder, og dro på en lang reise.
- B1930
- Han begynte da å si denne lignelse til folket: En mann plantet en vingård og leide den ut til vingårdsmenn og drog utenlands for lange tider.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 21:33–46
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.
Read in contextMark 12:1–12
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.
Read in contextJeremiah 2:21
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?
Read in contextIsaiah 5:1–7
I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
Read in contextPsalms 80:8–14
You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 16:18
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.
Read in contextJohn 15:1–8
“I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.
Read in contextMatthew 25:14
For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.
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