Luke 20:9 - The Scriptures 2009

⁹ And He began to speak this parable to the people, “A certain man planted a vineyard, and leased it to farmers, and went away for a long time.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ 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

⁹ 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)

⁹ 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

⁹ 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

⁹ 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.

Luke 20:9 Cross References

Jeremiah 2:21

“Yet I had planted you a choice vine, all of it a true seed. How then have you turned before Me into the degenerate plant of a strange vine?

Luke 19:12

He therefore said, “A certain nobleman went to a distant country to receive for himself a reign and to return.

Matthew 25:14

for it is like a man going from home, who called his own servants and delivered his possessions to them.

Deuteronomy 16:18

“Appoint judges and officers within all your gates, which יהוה your Elohim is giving you, according to your tribes. And they shall judge the people with righteous right-ruling.

Luke 20:8

And יהושע said to them, “Neither do I say to you by what authority I do these.”

Luke 20:10

And at harvest time he sent a servant to the farmers, to give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.