Luke 20:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Now  he began to tell the people this parable: ‘A man planted a vineyard,   leased it to tenant farmers, and went away for a long time.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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)

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

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

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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he began to speak to the people this parable: A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it out to husbandmen: and he was abroad for a long time.

Luke 20:9 Tagairtí Cros

Jeremiah 2:21

I planted you, a choice vine from the very best seed. How then could you turn into a degenerate, foreign vine?

Matthew 25:14

‘For it is just like a man about to go on a journey.   He called his own servants and entrusted his possessions to them.

Luke 19:12

Therefore he said, ‘A nobleman travelled to a far country to receive for himself authority to be king   and then to return.

Luke 20:10

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

Luke 20:8

And Jesus said to them, ‘Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.’

Deuteronomy 16:18

‘Appoint judges and officials for your tribes in all your towns the Lord your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgement.