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Matthew 21:33

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.

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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.

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:

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27 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἌλληνAllēnAnotherG243 →
παραβολὴνparabolēnparableG3850 →
ἀκούσατε·akousatedo hear:G191 →
ἄνθρωποςanthrōposA manG444 →
ἦνēnthere wasG1510 →
οἰκοδεσπότηςoikodespotēsa master of a houseG3617 →
ὅστιςhostiswhoG3748 →
ἐφύτευσενephuteusenplantedG5452 →
ἀμπελῶναampelōnaa vineyardG290 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
φραγμὸνphragmona fenceG5418 →
αὐτῷautōaround itG846 →
περιέθηκενperiethēkenplacedG4060 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ὤρυξενōruxenhe dugG3736 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
αὐτῷautōitG846 →
ληνὸνlēnona winepressG3025 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ᾠκοδόμησενōkodomēsenhe builtG3618 →
πύργονpurgona towerG4444 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἐξέδετοexedetohe rented outG1554 →
αὐτὸνautonitG846 →
γεωργοῖςgeōrgoisto farmersG1092 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἀπεδήμησεν.apedēmēsenhe traveled abroad.G589 →

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Isaiah 5:1–4I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.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.Matthew 25:14For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.Luke 20:9–19Then 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.Isaiah 5:1I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.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?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.John 15:1“I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.Matthew 13:24Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.Hosea 4:1Hear 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!Psalms 80:8–16You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.Malachi 2:4–9Then you will know that I have sent you this commandment so that My covenant with Levi may continue,” says the LORD of Hosts.Mark 12:8So they seized the son, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.Luke 19:12So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.Isaiah 7:23And on that day, in every place that had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briers and thorns will be found.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.Deuteronomy 1:15–17So 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.Jeremiah 19:3saying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on this place that the ears of all who hear of it will ring,

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