Luke 20:9

New American Bible - revised edition

Then he proceeded to tell the people this parable. “[A] man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and then went on a journey for a long time.

Cross References

Jeremiah 2:21

But I had planted you as a choice vine, all pedigreed stock; How could you turn out so obnoxious to me, a spurious vine?

Matthew 25:14

“It will be as when a man who was going on a journey called in his servants and entrusted his possessions to them.

Luke 19:12

So he said, “A nobleman went off to a distant country to obtain the kingship for himself and then to return.

Luke 20:10

At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenant farmers to receive some of the produce of the vineyard. But they beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.

Luke 20:8

Then Jesus said to them, “Neither shall I tell you by what authority I do these things.” The Parable of the Tenant Farmers.

Deuteronomy 16:18

In all the communities which the Lord, your God, is giving you, you shall appoint judges and officials throughout your tribes to administer true justice for the people.