Luke 20:9

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

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 country to get 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.