English Standard Version
Luke 20:9
9And he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard and let it out to tenants and went into another country for a long while.
Luke 20:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)He went on to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it to some farmers and went away for a long time.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then He began to tell the people this parable: “A certain man planted a vineyard, leased it to vinedressers, and went into a far country for a long time.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Now Jesus turned to the people again and told them this story: “A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and moved to another country to live for several years.
Context of Luke 20:9
7So they answered that they did not know where it came from. 8And Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things." And he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard and let it out to tenants and went into another country for a long while. 10When the time came, he sent a servant to the tenants, so that they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 11And he sent another servant. But they also beat and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed.
Read all of Luke 20Luke 20:9 word by word
Ἤρξατο δὲ πρὸς τὸν λαὸν λέγειν τὴν παραβολὴν ταύτην· ἄνθρωπός τις ἐφύτευσεν ἀμπελῶνα καὶ ἐξέδετο αὐτὸν γεωργοῖς καὶ ἀπεδήμησεν χρόνους ἱκανούς.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Thenδέde · thenG1161
- began heἄρχομαιarchomai · to rule/beginG756
- to speakλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- toπρόςpros · to/withG4314
- the peopleὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- the peopleλαόςlaos · a peopleG2992
- thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- parableπαραβολήparabolē · parableG3850
- A certainτιςtis · oneG5100
- manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
- plantedφυτεύωphuteuō · to plantG5452
- a vineyardἀμπελώνampelōn · vineyardG290
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- letἐκδίδωμιekdidōmi · to leaseG1554
- itαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- to husbandmenγεωργόςgeōrgos · farmerG1092
- went into a far countryἀποδημέωapodēmeō · to go abroadG589
- for a longἱκανόςhikanos · sufficientG2425
- timeχρόνοςchronos · timeG5550
Cross-references for Luke 20:9
- Matthew 21:33"Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country.
- Mark 12:1And he began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and leased it to tenants and went into another country.
- Psalms 80:8You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it.
- Isaiah 5:1Let me sing for my beloved my love song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
- Jeremiah 2:21Yet I planted you a choice vine, wholly of pure seed. How then have you turned degenerate and become a wild vine?
- John 15:1"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.
- 1 Corinthians 3:6I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.
- Deuteronomy 1:15So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and experienced men, and set them as heads over you, commanders of thousands, commanders of hundreds, commanders of fifties, commanders of tens, and officers, throughout your tribes.
- Deuteronomy 16:18"You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
- Deuteronomy 17:8"If any case arises requiring decision between one kind of homicide and another, one kind of legal right and another, or one kind of assault and another, any case within your towns that is too difficult for you, then you shall arise and go up to the place that the Lord your God will choose.
- Luke 19:12He said therefore, "A nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return.
Commentaries on Luke 20:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9A certain man planted a vineyard, etc. - See this parable largely explained, Matthew 21:33-46; (note). See also on Mark 12:4-9; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9-19Verses 9-19 See this parable explained in the notes at Matthew 21:33-45.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-19Verses 9-19 Christ spake this parable against those who resolved not to own his authority, though the evidence of it was so full. How many resemble the Jews who murdered the prophets and crucified Christ, in their enmity to God, and aversion to his service, desiring to live according to their lusts, without control! Let all who are favoured with God's word, look to it that they make proper use of their advantages. Awful will be the doom, both of those who…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9rented it out to some tenants: This was a common practice in first-century Palestine, especially in Galilee. Many poor farmers would rent land from wealthy owners so they could grow crops.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-139-13. vineyard--(See on Lu 13:6). In Mt 21:33 additional points are given, taken literally from Is 5:2, to fix down the application and sustain it by Old Testament authority. husbandmen--the ordinary spiritual guides of the people, under whose care and culture the fruits of righteousness might be yielded. went, &c.--leaving it to the laws of the spiritual husbandry during the whole length of the Jewish economy. (See on Mr 4:26.)Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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