Matthew 21:33

31 Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

32 For John came to you in a righteous way 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.

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.

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

35 But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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.
KJV
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:
WEB
“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.
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
Hear another parable: There was a man, a master of a house, who planted a vineyard, and placed around it a fence, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. And he rented it out to farmers and traveled abroad.
ÅB
«Hør en annen lignelse: Det var en gårdseier som plantet en vingård, og han satte opp et gjerde omkring den og gravde en vinpresse og bygget et vakttårn. Så leide han den ut til vingårdsmenn og dro utenlands.
OTB
“Hør en annen lignelse: Det var en jordeier som plantet en vingård, satte opp et gjerde rundt den, gravde en vinpresse i den og bygde et vakttårn. Så leide han vingården ut til noen bønder og dro på reise.
B1930
Hør en annen lignelse: Det var en husbond som plantet en vingård, og han satte et gjerde omkring den og gravde en vinperse i den og bygget et tårn, og så leide han den ut til vingårdsmenn og drog utenlands.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 5:1–4

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

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  • Mark 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.

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  • Luke 20:9–19

    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.

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  • Jeremiah 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?

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  • John 15:1

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

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  • Song of Solomon 8:11–12

    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.

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  • Hosea 4:1

    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!

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  • Malachi 2:4–9

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

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