Matthew 21:33

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

“Listen to another parable [i.e., a brief story used to illustrate His teaching]: There was the owner of a farm who planted a vineyard and built a fence around it. He constructed a grape squeezing device, built a [lookout] tower [near it], leased it to tenant farmers and then went to another country.

Cross References

John 15:1

[Jesus continued], “I am the real vine, and my Father is the owner of the vineyard.

Luke 19:12

So, He said, “A certain distinguished gentleman went to a distant country to receive a royal appointment [i.e., as king over a territory] and then return. [Note: This is the only parable of Jesus’ that correlates with a known incident; that of Herod’s son Archelaus going to Rome to receive from Caesar Augustus an appointment to rule over Judea, Samaria and Idumaea in 4 B.C. See Matt. 2:22].

Mark 13:34

It is like a man who left his house on a trip to another country. [Before leaving] he put his servants in charge of his affairs, giving each one a [particular] job to do, then he ordered the gatekeeper to stay alert [i.e., while he was gone].

Matthew 23:2

saying, “The experts in the Law of Moses and the Pharisees teach by the authority of Moses.

Matthew 21:28

But what do you think [about this]? A man had two sons; He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go to work in my vineyard today.’

Matthew 13:18

“Listen then to this parable of the farmer [who sowed seed].

Matthew 20:1

“For the kingdom of heaven is similar to a farmer who went out early one morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.