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.

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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:

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  • Mark 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.

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  • Jeremiah 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?

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  • Isaiah 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:

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  • Psalms 80:8–14

    Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.

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  • Deuteronomy 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.

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  • John 15:1–8

    I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

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  • Matthew 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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