Luke 20:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and leased it to tenants and went away for a long time.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Then He began to relate to the people this parable (this story to figuratively portray what He had to say): A man planted a vineyard and leased it to some vinedressers and went into another country for a long stay. [Isa. 5:1-7.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

Jesus told the people this parable: “A certain man planted a vineyard, rented it to tenant farmers, and went on a trip for a long time.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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.

Luke 20:9 Cross References

Jeremiah 2:21

Yet I planted you as a choice vine from the purest stock. How then did you turn degenerate and become a wild vine?

Matthew 25:14

“For it is as if a man, going on a journey, summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them;

Luke 19:12

So he said, “A nobleman went to a distant region to receive royal power for himself and then return.

Luke 20:10

When the season came, he sent a slave to the tenants in order that they might give him his share of the produce of the vineyard, but the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

Luke 20:8

Then Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”

Deuteronomy 16:18

“You shall appoint judges and officials throughout your tribes, in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall render just decisions for the people.