Luke 20:9

Modern English Version

He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, and leased it to vinedressers, and went to a distant country for a long time.

Cross References

Jeremiah 2:21

Yet I had planted you a noble vine, a wholly faithful seed. How then have you turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine to Me?

Matthew 25:14

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling into a far country, who called his own servants and entrusted his goods to them.

Luke 19:12

Therefore He said, “A nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom and to return.

Luke 20:10

At harvest time he sent a servant to the vinedressers so they might give him some fruit of the vineyard. But the vinedressers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

Luke 20:8

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

Deuteronomy 16:18

You must appoint judges and officers in all your gates, which the Lord your God gives you, throughout your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.