Luke 20:9
7 And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.
8 And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
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.
10 And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.
11 And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
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
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:
Read in contextMark 12:1–12
And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
Read in contextJeremiah 2:21
Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
Read in contextIsaiah 5:1–7
Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
Read in contextPsalms 80:8–14
Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 16:18
Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
Read in contextJohn 15:1–8
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
Read in contextMatthew 25:14
For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
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