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Luke 20:9

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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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.

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἬρξατοĒrxatoHe beganG757 →
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λέγεινlegeinto speakG3004 →
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παραβολὴνparabolēnparableG3850 →
ταύτην·tautēnthis:G3778 →
ἄνθρωπόςanthrōposA manG444 →
τιςtiscertainG5100 →
ἐφύτευσενephuteusenplantedG5452 →
ἀμπελῶναampelōnaa vineyardG290 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἐξέδετοexedetorentedG1554 →
αὐτὸνautonitG846 →
γεωργοῖςgeōrgoisto farmersG1092 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἀπεδήμησενapedēmēsenwent abroadG589 →
χρόνουςchronousa timeG5550 →
ἱκανούς.hikanouslong.G2425 →

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Isaiah 5:1I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.Matthew 21:33–46Listen 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.Mark 12:1–12Then 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.Isaiah 5:1–7I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.Psalms 80:8–14You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.Jeremiah 2:21I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?John 15:1–8“I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.Matthew 25:5When the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.Song of Solomon 8:11–12Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver.Matthew 25:14For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.Matthew 13:31He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field.Deuteronomy 1:15–18So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them as leaders over you—as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens, and as officers for your tribes.1 Corinthians 3:6–9I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.Deuteronomy 17:8–15If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose.Deuteronomy 16:18You 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.Luke 16:7Then he asked another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ ‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he replied. ‘Take your bill and write eighty,’ he told him.Luke 19:12So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.

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