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A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time. <a href="/nkjv/luke/20.htm">New King James Version</a> Then He began to tell the people this parable: “A certain man planted a vineyard, leased it to vinedressers, and went into a far country for a long time. <a href="/nasb_/luke/20.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> But He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and leased it to vine-growers, and went on a journey for a long time. <a href="/nasb/luke/20.htm">NASB 1995</a> And He began to tell the people this parable: &#8220A man planted a vineyard and rented it out to vine-growers, and went on a journey for a long time. <a href="/nasb77/luke/20.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and rented it out to vine-growers, and went on a journey for a long time. <a href="/lsb/luke/20.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and rented it out to vine-growers, and went on a journey for a long time. <a href="/amp/luke/20.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time [to another country]. <a href="/csb/luke/20.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Now he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went away for a long time. <a href="/hcsb/luke/20.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Then He began to tell the people this parable: &#8220A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went away for a long time. <a href="/asv/luke/20.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/luke/20.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Jesus told the people this story: A man once planted a vineyard and rented it out. Then he left the country for a long time. <a href="/erv/luke/20.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/luke/20.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Then, using this illustration, Jesus spoke to the people: "A man planted a vineyard, leased it to vineyard workers, and went on a long trip. <a href="/gnt/luke/20.htm">Good News Translation</a> Then Jesus told the people this parable: "There was once a man who planted a vineyard, rented it out to tenants, and then left home for a long time. <a href="/isv/luke/20.htm">International Standard Version</a> Then he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went abroad for a long time. <a href="/msb/luke/20.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/luke/20.htm">NET Bible</a> Then he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time. <a href="/nheb/luke/20.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> He began to tell the people this parable. "A man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to some farmers, and went on a journey for a long time. <a href="/wbt/luke/20.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Then he began to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time. <a href="/wey/luke/20.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Then He proceeded to speak a parable to the people. "There was a man," He said, "who planted a vineyard, let it out to vine-dressers, and went abroad for a considerable time. <a href="/web/luke/20.htm">World English Bible</a> 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/luke/20.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And He began to speak to the people this allegory: “A certain man planted a vineyard, and gave it out to farmers, and went abroad for a long time, <a href="/blb/luke/20.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And He began to speak to the people this parable: "A certain man planted a vineyard, and rented it to farmers, and went abroad a long time. <a href="/ylt/luke/20.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And he began to speak unto the people this simile: 'A certain man planted a vineyard, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad for a long time, <a href="/slt/luke/20.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And he began to say to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it to farmers, and went abroad sufficient time.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/luke/20.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And he began to speak to the people this parable: A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it out to husbandmen: and he was abroad for a long time. <a href="/cpdv/luke/20.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Then he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, and he loaned it to settlers, and he was on a sojourn for a long time. <a href="/nabre/luke/20.htm">New American Bible</a> Then he proceeded to tell the people this parable. “[A] man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and then went on a journey for a long time. <a href="/nrsvce/luke/20.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, and leased it to tenants, and went to another country for a long time.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/luke/20.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And he began to say this parable to the people, A man planted a vineyard, and leased it to laborers, and went on a journey for a long time. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/luke/20.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And he began to tell the people this parable: “A certain man planted a vineyard and handed it over to laborers and he went abroad for a long time.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/luke/20.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> And he began to speak this parable to the people: A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to vine-dressers, and was absent from home for a long time. <a href="/godbey/luke/20.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> And He began to speak to the people this parable, <FR>A man planted a vineyard and gave it out to husbandmen, and went away a long time.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/luke/20.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Then he began to speak to the people this parable: A certain man planted a vineyard, and delivered it to husbandmen, and went abroad for a long while. <a href="/mace/luke/20.htm">Mace New Testament</a> Then he propos'd this parable to the people, a man planted a vineyard, let it out to husbandmen, and then went a travelling for some time. <a href="/wey/luke/20.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Then He proceeded to speak a parable to the people. "There was a man," He said, "who planted a vineyard, let it out to vine-dressers, and went abroad for a considerable time. <a href="/worrell/luke/20.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> And He began to speak to the people this parable: <FR>"A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to husbandmen, and went abroad for a long time.<Fr> <a href="/worsley/luke/20.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> Then He began to speak unto the people this parable, <FR>A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it out to husbandmen and travelled abroad for a considerable time,<Fr> <a href="/parallel/luke/20-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3-5_0Jtd9Lc?start=7867" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/luke/20.htm">The Parable of the Wicked Tenants</a> 8And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.” 9<a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">Then</a> <a href="/greek/756.htm" title="756: Ērxato (V-AIM-3S) -- To begin. Middle voice of archo; to commence.">He proceeded</a> <a href="/greek/3004.htm" title="3004: legein (V-PNA) -- (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. ">to tell</a> <a href="/greek/4314.htm" title="4314: pros (Prep) -- To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/2992.htm" title="2992: laon (N-AMS) -- Apparently a primary word; a people.">people</a> <a href="/greek/3778.htm" title="3778: tautēn (DPro-AFS) -- This; he, she, it. ">this</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3850.htm" title="3850: parabolēn (N-AFS) -- From paraballo; a similitude, i.e. fictitious narrative, apothegm or adage.">parable:</a> <a href="/greek/5100.htm" title="5100: tis (IPro-NMS) -- Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.">“A</a> <a href="/greek/444.htm" title="444: Anthrōpos (N-NMS) -- A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.">man</a> <a href="/greek/5452.htm" title="5452: ephyteusen (V-AIA-3S) -- To plant, set. From a derivative of phuo; to set out in the earth, i.e. Implant; figuratively, to instil doctrine.">planted</a> <a href="/greek/290.htm" title="290: ampelōna (N-AMS) -- A vineyard. From ampelos; a vineyard.">a vineyard,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/1554.htm" title="1554: exedeto (V-AIM-3S) -- To give out, let; middle: I let out for my own advantage. From ek and didomi; to give forth, i.e. to lease.">rented</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: auton (PPro-AM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">it out</a> <a href="/greek/1092.htm" title="1092: geōrgois (N-DMP) -- From ge and the base of ergon; a land-worker, i.e. Farmer.">to some tenants,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/589.htm" title="589: apedēmēsen (V-AIA-3S) -- To be away from home, go into another country, be away, be abroad. From apodemos; to go abroad, i.e. Visit a foreign land.">went away</a> <a href="/greek/2425.htm" title="2425: hikanous (Adj-AMP) -- From hiko; competent, i.e. Ample or fit.">for a long</a> <a href="/greek/5550.htm" title="5550: chronous (N-AMP) -- A space of time or interval; by extension, an individual opportunity; by implication, delay.">time.</a> 10At 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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/21-33.htm">Matthew 21:33-46</a> 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. / When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit. / But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. ... <a href="/mark/12-1.htm">Mark 12:1-12</a> 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. / At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. / But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. ... <a href="/isaiah/5-1.htm">Isaiah 5:1-7</a> I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. / He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour! / “And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard. ... <a href="/psalms/80-8.htm">Psalm 80:8-16</a> You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it. / You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land. / The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches. ... <a href="/jeremiah/7-25.htm">Jeremiah 7:25-26</a> From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again. / Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers. <a href="/jeremiah/25-4.htm">Jeremiah 25:4-7</a> And the LORD has sent all His servants the prophets to you again and again, but you have not listened or inclined your ear to hear. / The prophets told you, ‘Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and deeds, and you can dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and ever. / Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.’ ... <a href="/2_chronicles/36-15.htm">2 Chronicles 36:15-16</a> Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy. <a href="/hebrews/1-1.htm">Hebrews 1:1-2</a> On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets. / But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe. <a href="/acts/7-52.htm">Acts 7:52</a> Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers— <a href="/romans/11-17.htm">Romans 11:17-21</a> Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root, / do not boast over those branches. If you do, remember this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you. / You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.” ... <a href="/john/15-1.htm">John 15:1-8</a> “I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard. / He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful. / You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. ... <a href="/hosea/9-10.htm">Hosea 9:10</a> I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved. <a href="/ezekiel/19-10.htm">Ezekiel 19:10-14</a> Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of the abundant waters. / It had strong branches, fit for a ruler’s scepter. It towered high above the thick branches, conspicuous for its height and for its dense foliage. / But it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them. ... <a href="/1_kings/21-1.htm">1 Kings 21:1-16</a> Some time after these events, Naboth the Jezreelite owned a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. / So Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard to use as a vegetable garden, since it is next to my palace. I will give you a better vineyard in its place—or if you prefer, I will give you its value in silver.” / But Naboth replied, “The LORD forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.” ... <a href="/nehemiah/9-26.htm">Nehemiah 9:26</a> But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to farmers, and went into a far country for a long time.this.<a href="/matthew/21-33.htm">Matthew 21:33</a> 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:<a href="/mark/12-1.htm">Mark 12:1</a> 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.planted.<a href="/psalms/80-8.htm">Psalm 80:8-14</a> Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it… <a href="/isaiah/5-1.htm">Isaiah 5:1-7</a> 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: … <a href="/jeremiah/2-21.htm">Jeremiah 2:21</a> 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?and let.<a href="/songs/8-11.htm">Song of Solomon 8:11,12</a> Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver… husbandman.<a href="/deuteronomy/1-15.htm">Deuteronomy 1:15-18</a> So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes… <a href="/deuteronomy/16-18.htm">Deuteronomy 16:18</a> 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.<a href="/deuteronomy/17-8.htm">Deuteronomy 17:8-15</a> If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose; … went.<a href="/luke/19-12.htm">Luke 19:12</a> He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/11-23.htm">Abroad</a> <a href="/luke/7-12.htm">Considerable</a> <a href="/luke/19-12.htm">Country</a> <a href="/luke/19-12.htm">Far</a> <a href="/mark/12-9.htm">Farmers</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/27-26.htm">Field-Workers</a> <a href="/luke/19-45.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/mark/12-9.htm">Husbandmen</a> <a href="/luke/17-11.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/luke/19-11.htm">Parable</a> <a href="/luke/17-28.htm">Planted</a> <a href="/luke/19-45.htm">Proceeded</a> <a href="/mark/12-1.htm">Rented</a> <a href="/luke/19-11.htm">Simile</a> <a href="/luke/12-41.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/luke/18-9.htm">Story</a> <a href="/mark/12-9.htm">Tenants</a> <a href="/luke/19-44.htm">Time</a> <a href="/luke/16-12.htm">Use</a> <a href="/mark/12-9.htm">Vine-Dressers</a> <a href="/matthew/21-41.htm">Vine-Garden</a> <a href="/mark/12-9.htm">Vine-Growers</a> <a href="/luke/13-7.htm">Vineyard</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/luke/21-37.htm">Abroad</a> <a href="/john/11-19.htm">Considerable</a> <a href="/luke/21-21.htm">Country</a> <a href="/luke/20-47.htm">Far</a> <a href="/luke/20-10.htm">Farmers</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/27-26.htm">Field-Workers</a> <a href="/luke/20-12.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/luke/20-10.htm">Husbandmen</a> <a href="/john/4-6.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/luke/20-19.htm">Parable</a> <a href="/romans/6-5.htm">Planted</a> <a href="/luke/20-11.htm">Proceeded</a> <a href="/acts/28-30.htm">Rented</a> <a href="/luke/20-19.htm">Simile</a> <a href="/luke/20-21.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/luke/21-29.htm">Story</a> <a href="/luke/20-14.htm">Tenants</a> <a href="/luke/20-10.htm">Time</a> <a href="/john/9-26.htm">Use</a> <a href="/luke/20-10.htm">Vine-Dressers</a> <a href="/genesis/9-20.htm">Vine-Garden</a> <a href="/luke/20-10.htm">Vine-Growers</a> <a href="/luke/20-10.htm">Vineyard</a><div class="vheading2">Luke 20</div>1. <a href="/luke/20-1.htm">Jesus confirms his authority by a question of John's baptism.</a> 9. <a href="/luke/20-9.htm">The parable of the vineyard.</a> 19. <a href="/luke/20-19.htm">Of giving tribute to Caesar.</a> 27. <a href="/luke/20-27.htm">He instructs the Sadducees, who denied the resurrection.</a> 41. <a href="/luke/20-41.htm">How Jesus is the Son of David.</a> 45. <a href="/luke/20-45.htm">He warns his disciples to beware of the scribes.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Parables were a common teaching tool in Jewish culture, allowing listeners to engage with the story and uncover its meaning. This particular parable is directed at the people, including religious leaders, to illustrate a spiritual lesson about God's kingdom and the responsibilities of those entrusted with it.A man planted a vineyard: The vineyard is a common biblical metaphor for Israel, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/5.htm">Isaiah 5:1-7</a>, where God is depicted as the owner of a vineyard representing His people. The act of planting signifies God's establishment of Israel as His chosen nation, intended to bear fruit for His glory. The imagery of a vineyard also suggests care, investment, and expectation of a harvest.Rented it out to some tenants: The tenants symbolize the religious leaders of Israel, who were entrusted with the spiritual care and leadership of God's people. Renting out the vineyard indicates a delegation of responsibility, where the tenants are expected to manage the vineyard and produce fruit. This reflects the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where the leaders are accountable for guiding the nation in faithfulness to God.And went away for a long time: The owner's departure represents God's patience and long-suffering with Israel. The "long time" suggests a period of testing and opportunity for the tenants to prove their faithfulness. It also alludes to the history of Israel, where God sent prophets over many generations to call His people back to righteousness, often met with resistance and rejection. This phrase sets the stage for the unfolding drama of the tenants' response to the owner's expectations.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_man.htm">The Man</a> Represents God, the owner of the vineyard, who entrusts His creation to humanity. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_vineyard.htm">The Vineyard</a> Symbolizes Israel, God's chosen people, and by extension, the Kingdom of God. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_tenants.htm">The Tenants</a> Represent the religious leaders of Israel who were entrusted with the care of God's people. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_parable.htm">The Parable</a> A teaching method used by Jesus to convey spiritual truths through everyday accounts. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_people.htm">The People</a> The audience to whom Jesus was speaking, including His disciples and the religious leaders.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/s/stewardship_and_responsibility.htm">Stewardship and Responsibility</a> God entrusts us with His creation and expects us to be faithful stewards. We must evaluate how we are managing the resources and responsibilities He has given us. <a href="/topical/a/accountability.htm">Accountability</a> Just as the tenants were accountable to the owner, we are accountable to God for our actions. Reflect on how we respond to God's call and correction in our lives. <a href="/topical/r/rejection_of_god's_messengers.htm">Rejection of God's Messengers</a> The tenants' rejection of the owner's servants parallels the rejection of prophets and ultimately Jesus. Consider how we respond to God's Word and His messengers today. <a href="/topical/g/god's_patience_and_justice.htm">God's Patience and Justice</a> The owner’s patience with the tenants reflects God's long-suffering nature, but His eventual judgment underscores the certainty of divine justice. <a href="/topical/t/the_kingdom_of_god.htm">The Kingdom of God</a> The parable highlights the transfer of the Kingdom to those who produce its fruits. We are called to bear fruit in keeping with repentance and faith.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_luke_20.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Luke 20</a> <a href="/q/why_expect_change_from_violent_tenants.htm">Luke 20:9–16: How can a just God expect a different outcome after repeatedly sending messengers and then His Son to violent tenants? </a> <a href="/q/what_defines_hanbali_islam.htm">What parables did Jesus teach in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_show_approval_worthiness.htm">What does the Fig Tree Prophecy entail?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'husbandman'_mean_biblically.htm">What does "husbandman" mean in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/luke/20.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9-19) Then began he to speak to the people.--See Notes on <a href="/context/matthew/21-33.htm" title="Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and dig a wine press in it, and built a tower, and let it out to farmers, and went into a far country:">Matthew 21:33-46</a>; <a href="/context/mark/12-1.htm" title="And he began to speak to them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and dig a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to farmers, and went into a far country.">Mark 12:1-12</a>. The presence of this, as well as of the last section, in the first three Gospels, with so little variation, indicates the impression which these facts and teaching made at the time, and probably also that they occupied a prominent place in the early records that served as the basis of our present Gospels.A certain man planted a vineyard.--The absence of the fuller detail in St. Matthew and St. Mark shows that St. Luke's report was not derived from them, but probably from a version, orally repeated, of that which they reported more fully. On the other hand, the addition of "for a long time" is peculiar to St. Luke, and reminds us of the like phrase in <a href="/matthew/25-19.htm" title="After a long time the lord of those servants comes, and reckons with them.">Matthew 25:19</a>.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/luke/20.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 9-19. - Parable of the wicked husbandmen in the vineyard, and the simile of the corner-stone. Verse 9. - A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen. Under a very thin parabolic veil, Jesus foretells the awful tragedy of the next few days. He adopts a well-known imagery, and seems to say, "Listen to Isaiah's well-known story of the vineyard, the vineyard of the Lord of hosts, which is the house of Israel. I will expand it a little, that I may show you how it stands with you as regards this matter of 'authority,' that we may see whether you have as much respect for the ascertained will of God as ye pretend, so that ye should be sure to submit to me if only ye were satisfied that I was an accredited Messenger of God" (Professor Bruce). For a long time. Representing the nearly two thousand years of Jewish history. <a href="/commentaries/luke/20-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Then δὲ (de) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1161.htm">Strong's 1161: </a> A primary particle; but, and, etc. He proceeded Ἤρξατο (Ērxato) Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_756.htm">Strong's 756: </a> To begin. Middle voice of archo; to commence. to tell λέγειν (legein) Verb - Present Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_3004.htm">Strong's 3004: </a> (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. the τὸν (ton) Article - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. people λαὸν (laon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2992.htm">Strong's 2992: </a> Apparently a primary word; a people. this ταύτην (tautēn) Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3778.htm">Strong's 3778: </a> This; he, she, it. parable: παραβολὴν (parabolēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3850.htm">Strong's 3850: </a> From paraballo; a similitude, i.e. fictitious narrative, apothegm or adage. “A τις (tis) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5100.htm">Strong's 5100: </a> Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object. man Ἄνθρωπος (Anthrōpos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_444.htm">Strong's 444: </a> A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being. planted ἐφύτευσεν (ephyteusen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5452.htm">Strong's 5452: </a> To plant, set. From a derivative of phuo; to set out in the earth, i.e. Implant; figuratively, to instil doctrine. a vineyard, ἀμπελῶνα (ampelōna) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_290.htm">Strong's 290: </a> A vineyard. From ampelos; a vineyard. rented ἐξέδετο (exedeto) Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1554.htm">Strong's 1554: </a> To give out, let; middle: I let out for my own advantage. From ek and didomi; to give forth, i.e. to lease. it {out} αὐτὸν (auton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. to [some] tenants, γεωργοῖς (geōrgois) Noun - Dative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1092.htm">Strong's 1092: </a> From ge and the base of ergon; a land-worker, i.e. Farmer. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. went away ἀπεδήμησεν (apedēmēsen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> To be away from home, go into another country, be away, be abroad. From apodemos; to go abroad, i.e. Visit a foreign land. for a long ἱκανούς (hikanous) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2425.htm">Strong's 2425: </a> From hiko; competent, i.e. Ample or fit. time. χρόνους (chronous) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5550.htm">Strong's 5550: </a> A space of time or interval; by extension, an individual opportunity; by implication, delay. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/luke/20-9.htm">Luke 20:9 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/luke/20-9.htm">Luke 20:9 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/luke/20-9.htm">Luke 20:9 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/luke/20-9.htm">Luke 20:9 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/luke/20-9.htm">Luke 20:9 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/luke/20-9.htm">Luke 20:9 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/luke/20-9.htm">Luke 20:9 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/luke/20-9.htm">Luke 20:9 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/luke/20-9.htm">Luke 20:9 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/luke/20-9.htm">Luke 20:9 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/luke/20-9.htm">NT Gospels: Luke 20:9 He began to tell the people this (Luke Lu Lk) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/luke/20-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Luke 20:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Luke 20:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/luke/20-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Luke 20:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Luke 20:10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>