Yet I had planted you a noble vine, a pure and faithful seed. How then have you turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine to me?
Luke 20:9 - Y'all Version Bible He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenant farmers, and travelled abroad for a long time. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Yet I had planted you a noble vine, a pure and faithful seed. How then have you turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine to me?
“For it is like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his possessions to them.
Therefore he said, “A man of noble birth went into a far country to receive an empire for himself and then to return.
At harvest time, he sent a servant to the farmers to some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
Then Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell y’all by what authority I do these things.”
You are to appoint judges and officers for all your town gates that YHWH your God gives you, according to your tribes. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.