Luke 20:9

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• 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.

Context of Luke 20:9

7So they replied that they did not know where it came from. 8Then Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by whose authority I do these things.” Then he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time. 10When harvest time came, he sent a slave to the tenants so that they would give him his portion of the crop. However, the tenants beat his slave and sent him away empty-handed. 11So he sent another slave. They beat this one too, treated him outrageously, and sent him away empty-handed.

Luke 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“Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.
• Mark 12:1Then he began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.
• Psalms 80:8You uprooted a vine from Egypt; you drove out nations and transplanted it.
• Isaiah 5:1I will sing to my love – a song to my lover about his vineyard. My love had a vineyard on a fertile hill.
• Jeremiah 2:21I planted you in the land like a special vine of the very best stock. Why in the world have you turned into something like a wild vine that produces rotten, foul-smelling grapes?
• John 15:1“I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener.
• 1 Corinthians 3:6I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused it to grow.
• Deuteronomy 1:15So I chose as your tribal leaders wise and well-known men, placing them over you as administrators of groups of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, and also as other tribal officials.
• Deuteronomy 16:18You must appoint judges and civil servants for each tribe in all your villages that the Lord your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly.
• Deuteronomy 17:8If a matter is too difficult for you to judge – bloodshed, legal claim, or assault – matters of controversy in your villages – you must leave there and go up to the place the Lord your God chooses.
• Luke 19:12Therefore he said, “A nobleman went to a distant 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