Mark 12:1 Jesus began to speak to them [the chief priests, scribes and elders who were questioning Him] in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and put a wall around it...

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Amplified Bible - Jesus began to speak to them [the chief priests, scribes and elders who were questioning Him] in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and put a wall around it, and dug a pit for the wine press and built a tower; and he rented it out to tenant farmers and left the country.
新标点和合本 - 耶稣就用比喻对他们说：“有人栽了一个葡萄园，周围圈上篱笆，挖了一个压酒池，盖了一座楼，租给园户，就往外国去了。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 耶稣就用比喻对他们说：“有人开垦了一个葡萄园，四周围上篱笆，挖了一个榨酒池，盖了一座守望楼，租给园户，就出外远行去了。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 耶稣就用比喻对他们说：“有人开垦了一个葡萄园，四周围上篱笆，挖了一个榨酒池，盖了一座守望楼，租给园户，就出外远行去了。
当代译本 - 耶稣用比喻对他们说：“有人开垦了一个葡萄园，在四周围上篱笆，又在园中挖了一个榨酒池，建了一座瞭望台，然后把葡萄园租给佃户，就出远门了。
圣经新译本 - 耶稣又用比喻对他们说：“有一个人栽种了一个葡萄园，四面围上篱笆，挖了一个压酒池，盖了一座瞭望台，然后租给佃户，就远行去了。
中文标准译本 - 耶稣开始用比喻对他们说：“有一个人栽种了一个葡萄园，四面围上篱笆，挖了一个榨酒池，盖了一座守望楼，然后把葡萄园租给一些农夫，就出外旅行。
现代标点和合本 - 耶稣就用比喻对他们说：“有人栽了一个葡萄园，周围圈上篱笆，挖了一个压酒池，盖了一座楼，租给园户，就往外国去了。
和合本（拼音版） - 耶稣就用比喻对他们说：“有人栽了一个葡萄园，周围圈上篱笆，挖了一个压酒池，盖了一座楼，租给园户，就往外国去了。
New International Version - Jesus then began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.
New International Reader's Version - Jesus began to speak to the people using stories. He said, “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it. He dug a pit for a winepress. He also built a lookout tower. He rented the vineyard out to some farmers. Then he went to another place.
English Standard Version - And 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.
New Living Translation - Then Jesus began teaching them with stories: “A man planted a vineyard. He built a wall around it, dug a pit for pressing out the grape juice, and built a lookout tower. Then he leased the vineyard to tenant farmers and moved to another country.
The Message - Then Jesus started telling them stories. “A man planted a vineyard. He fenced it, dug a winepress, erected a watchtower, turned it over to the farmhands, and went off on a trip. At the time for harvest, he sent a servant back to the farmhands to collect his profits.
Christian Standard Bible - He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug out a pit for a winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went away.
New American Standard Bible - And He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it, and dug a vat under the wine press and built a tower, and leased it to vine-growers and went on a journey.
New King James Version - Then He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a place for the wine vat and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and went into a far country.
American Standard Version - And he began to speak unto them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a pit for the winepress, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.
King James Version - And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
New English Translation - Then 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.
World English Bible - He began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the wine press, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.
新標點和合本 - 耶穌就用比喻對他們說：「有人栽了一個葡萄園，周圍圈上籬笆，挖了一個壓酒池，蓋了一座樓，租給園戶，就往外國去了。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 耶穌就用比喻對他們說：「有人開墾了一個葡萄園，四周圍上籬笆，挖了一個醡酒池，蓋了一座守望樓，租給園戶，就出外遠行去了。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 耶穌就用比喻對他們說：「有人開墾了一個葡萄園，四周圍上籬笆，挖了一個醡酒池，蓋了一座守望樓，租給園戶，就出外遠行去了。
當代譯本 - 耶穌用比喻對他們說：「有人開墾了一個葡萄園，在四周圍上籬笆，又在園中挖了一個榨酒池，建了一座瞭望臺，然後把葡萄園租給佃戶，就出遠門了。
聖經新譯本 - 耶穌又用比喻對他們說：“有一個人栽種了一個葡萄園，四面圍上籬笆，挖了一個壓酒池，蓋了一座瞭望臺，然後租給佃戶，就遠行去了。
呂振中譯本 - 耶穌就用比喻對他們講：『有一個人栽了一個葡萄園，周圍安上籬笆，挖了一個壓酒池，造了一座守望樓，租給葡萄園工，就出外而去。
中文標準譯本 - 耶穌開始用比喻對他們說：「有一個人栽種了一個葡萄園，四面圍上籬笆，挖了一個榨酒池，蓋了一座守望樓，然後把葡萄園租給一些農夫，就出外旅行。
現代標點和合本 - 耶穌就用比喻對他們說：「有人栽了一個葡萄園，周圍圈上籬笆，挖了一個壓酒池，蓋了一座樓，租給園戶，就往外國去了。
文理和合譯本 - 耶穌以喻語眾曰、有樹葡萄園者、環之以籬、掘酒醡、建望樓、租與農夫、遂往異地、
文理委辦譯本 - 耶穌設譬曰、有人樹葡萄園、以籬環之、掘酒醡、建塔、租與農夫、遂往異地、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 耶穌設喻告眾曰、有人樹葡萄園、以籬環之、掘壓酒處、建望樓、租與園夫、遂往他方、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 耶穌設譬訓眾曰：『人有經營葡萄園者、藩之以籬、掘酒池、建高樓、乃租於園戶；而己則出遊國外。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Entonces comenzó Jesús a hablarles en parábolas: «Un hombre plantó un viñedo. Lo cercó, cavó un lagar y construyó una torre de vigilancia. Luego arrendó el viñedo a unos labradores y se fue de viaje.
현대인의 성경 - 그러고서 예수님은 비유를 들어 그들에게 말씀하셨다. “어떤 사람이 포도원을 만들고 둘레에 울타리를 치고 포도즙틀을 놓을 구덩이를 파고 망대를 세운 후 농부들에게 세로 주고 멀리 여행을 떠났다.
Новый Русский Перевод - И Он стал говорить с ними притчами. – Один человек посадил виноградник, обнес его забором, выкопал яму для давильни и построил сторожевую башню . Он отдал виноградник внаем виноградарям, а сам уехал в чужие края.
Восточный перевод - И Он стал говорить с ними притчами. – Один человек посадил виноградник, обнёс его забором, выкопал яму для давильни и построил сторожевую башню . Он отдал виноградник внаём виноградарям, а сам уехал в далёкую страну.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - И Он стал говорить с ними притчами. – Один человек посадил виноградник, обнёс его забором, выкопал яму для давильни и построил сторожевую башню . Он отдал виноградник внаём виноградарям, а сам уехал в далёкую страну.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - И Он стал говорить с ними притчами. – Один человек посадил виноградник, обнёс его забором, выкопал яму для давильни и построил сторожевую башню . Он отдал виноградник внаём виноградарям, а сам уехал в далёкую страну.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Puis il se mit à leur parler en utilisant des paraboles : Un homme planta une vigne, l’entoura d’une haie, creusa un pressoir, et bâtit une tour de guet . Après cela, il la loua à des vignerons et partit en voyage.
リビングバイブル - それからイエスは、たとえを使って人々に話し始められました。「ある農園主がぶどう園を造り、垣根を巡らし、ぶどうの汁をしぼる穴を掘り、見張りのやぐらを建てました。そして、このぶどう園を農夫たちに貸し、外国へ出かけました。
Nestle Aland 28 - Καὶ ἤρξατο αὐτοῖς ἐν παραβολαῖς λαλεῖν· ἀμπελῶνα ἄνθρωπος ἐφύτευσεν καὶ περιέθηκεν φραγμὸν καὶ ὤρυξεν ὑπολήνιον καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν πύργον καὶ ἐξέδετο αὐτὸν γεωργοῖς καὶ ἀπεδήμησεν.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - καὶ ἤρξατο αὐτοῖς ἐν παραβολαῖς λαλεῖν: ἀμπελῶνα ἄνθρωπος ἐφύτευσεν, καὶ περιέθηκεν φραγμὸν, καὶ ὤρυξεν ὑπολήνιον, καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν πύργον, καὶ ἐξέδετο αὐτὸν γεωργοῖς, καὶ ἀπεδήμησεν.
Nova Versão Internacional - Então Jesus começou a lhes falar por parábolas: “Certo homem plantou uma vinha, colocou uma cerca ao redor dela, cavou um tanque para prensar as uvas e construiu uma torre. Depois arrendou a vinha a alguns lavradores e foi fazer uma viagem.
Hoffnung für alle - Dann erzählte Jesus ihnen ein Gleichnis: »Ein Mann legte einen Weinberg an, zäunte ihn ein, stellte eine Weinpresse auf und baute einen Wachturm. Dann verpachtete er den Weinberg an einige Weinbauern und reiste ins Ausland.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chúa Giê-xu dạy họ với câu chuyện: “Người kia trồng một vườn nho, dựng hàng rào chung quanh, đào hầm ép nho, xây tháp canh, cho người khác mướn, rồi lên đường đi xa.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - แล้วพระองค์ตรัสคำอุปมาแก่พวกเขาว่า “ชายคนหนึ่งทำสวนองุ่น เขาล้อมรั้วกั้นสวน สกัดบ่อย่ำองุ่น และสร้างหอไว้เฝ้า จากนั้นให้ชาวสวนเช่าแล้วเดินทางจากไปต่างแดน
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พระองค์กล่าวกับพวกเขาเป็นอุปมาว่า “ชายคนหนึ่งปลูกสวนองุ่นไว้ ซึ่งมีกำแพงที่สร้างล้อมไว้โดยรอบ แล้วก็ขุดบ่อสำหรับเครื่องสกัดเหล้าองุ่น เขาสร้างหอคอยไว้และให้พวกชาวสวนเช่า แล้วก็เดินทางไปต่างประเทศ

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Luke 22:9 - They asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare it?”
Mark 4:11 - He said to them, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you [who have teachable hearts], but those who are outside [the unbelievers, the spiritually blind] get everything in parables,
Mark 4:12 - so that they will continually look but not see, and they will continually hear but not understand, otherwise they might turn [from their rejection of the truth] and be forgiven.”
Mark 4:13 - Then He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand and grasp the meaning of all the parables?
Psalms 78:68 - But He chose the tribe of Judah [as Israel’s leader], Mount Zion, which He loved [to replace Shiloh as His capital].
Psalms 78:69 - And He built His sanctuary [exalted] like the heights [of the heavens], Like the earth which He has established forever.
Matthew 13:10 - Then the disciples came to Him and asked, “Why do You speak to the crowds in parables?”
Matthew 13:11 - Jesus replied to them, “To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted.
Matthew 13:12 - For whoever has [spiritual wisdom because he is receptive to God’s word], to him more will be given, and he will be richly and abundantly supplied; but whoever does not have [spiritual wisdom because he has devalued God’s word], even what he has will be taken away from him.
Matthew 13:13 - This is the reason I speak to the crowds in parables: because while [having the power of] seeing they do not see, and while [having the power of] hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand and grasp [spiritual things].
Matthew 13:14 - In them the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says, ‘You will hear and keep on hearing, but never understand; And you will look and keep on looking, but never comprehend;
Matthew 13:15 - For this nation’s heart has grown hard, And with their ears they hardly hear, And they have [tightly] closed their eyes, Otherwise they would see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, and turn [to Me] And I would heal them [spiritually].’
Psalms 147:19 - He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and His ordinances to Israel.
Psalms 147:20 - He has not dealt this way with any [other] nation; They have not known [understood, appreciated, heeded, or cherished] His ordinances. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)
Ezekiel 20:49 - Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not [just] speaking in parables and making allegories?’ ”
Ezekiel 20:11 - I gave them My statutes and explained My ordinances to them, which, if a man keeps, he will live.
Ezekiel 20:12 - Also I gave them My Sabbaths to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord who sanctifies them (separates and sets them apart).
John 15:1 - “ I am the true Vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.
John 15:2 - Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that continues to bear fruit, He [repeatedly] prunes, so that it will bear more fruit [even richer and finer fruit].
John 15:3 - You are already clean because of the word which I have given you [the teachings which I have discussed with you].
John 15:4 - Remain in Me, and I [will remain] in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself without remaining in the vine, neither can you [bear fruit, producing evidence of your faith] unless you remain in Me.
John 15:5 - I am the Vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in Me and I in him bears much fruit, for [otherwise] apart from Me [that is, cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing.
John 15:6 - If anyone does not remain in Me, he is thrown out like a [broken off] branch, and withers and dies; and they gather such branches and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
John 15:7 - If you remain in Me and My words remain in you [that is, if we are vitally united and My message lives in your heart], ask whatever you wish and it will be done for you.
John 15:8 - My Father is glorified and honored by this, when you bear much fruit, and prove yourselves to be My [true] disciples.
Luke 20:9 - Then He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time [to another country].
Luke 20:10 - At harvest time he sent a servant [as his representative] to the tenants, so that they would give him his share of the fruit of the vineyard; but the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.
Luke 20:11 - So he again sent another servant; they also beat him and dishonored and treated him disgracefully and sent him away empty-handed.
Luke 20:12 - And he sent yet a third; and this one too they wounded and threw out [of the vineyard].
Luke 20:13 - Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will have respect for him.’
Luke 20:14 - But when the tenants saw him, they discussed it among themselves, saying, ‘This [man] is the heir; let us kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.’
Luke 20:15 - So they threw the son out of the vineyard and killed him. What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
Luke 20:16 - He will come and put these tenants to death and will give the vineyard to others.” When the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders heard this, they said, “May it never be!”
Luke 20:17 - But Jesus looked at them and said, “What then is [the meaning of] this that is written: ‘The [very] Stone which the builders rejected, this became the chief Cornerstone’?
Luke 20:18 - Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken and shattered in pieces; and on whomever it falls, it will crush him.”
Luke 20:19 - The scribes and the chief priests tried to [find a way to] arrest Him at that very hour, but they were afraid of the people; because they understood that He spoke this parable against them.
Mark 12:1 - Jesus began to speak to them [the chief priests, scribes and elders who were questioning Him] in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and put a wall around it, and dug a pit for the wine press and built a tower; and he rented it out to tenant farmers and left the country.
Mark 12:2 - When the harvest season came he sent a servant to the tenants, in order to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.
Mark 12:3 - They took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
Mark 12:4 - Again he sent them another servant, and they [threw stones and] wounded him in the head, and treated him disgracefully.
Mark 12:5 - And he sent another, and that one they killed; then many others—some they beat and some they killed.
Mark 12:6 - He still had one man left to send, a beloved son; he sent him last of all to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
Mark 12:7 - But those tenants said to each other, ‘This man is the heir! Come on, let us kill him [and destroy the evidence], and his inheritance will be ours!’
Mark 12:8 - So they took him and killed him, and threw his body outside the vineyard.
Mark 12:9 - What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants, and will give the vineyard to others.
Mark 12:10 - Have you not even read this Scripture: ‘The stone which the builders regarded as unworthy and rejected, This [very stone] has become the chief Cornerstone
Mark 12:11 - This came about from the Lord, And it is marvelous and wonderful in our eyes’?”
Mark 12:12 - And they were looking for a way to seize Him, but they were afraid of the crowd; for they knew that He spoke this parable in reference to [and as a charge against] them. And so they left Him and went away.
Luke 8:10 - And He said, “To you [who have been chosen] it has been granted to know and recognize the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables, so that though seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.
Matthew 13:34 - All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables, and He said nothing to them without [using] a parable.
Matthew 13:35 - This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things [unknown and unattainable] that have been hidden [from mankind] since the foundation of the world.”
Luke 15:13 - A few days later, the younger son gathered together everything [that he had] and traveled to a distant country, and there he wasted his fortune in reckless and immoral living.
Isaiah 7:23 - And it will come to pass in that day, in every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand silver shekels, there will be briars and thorns.
Luke 19:12 - So He said, “A nobleman went to a distant country to obtain for himself a kingdom, and [then] to return.
Ezekiel 20:18 - “But I said to their children in the wilderness, ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers nor observe their ordinances nor defile yourselves with their idols.
Ezekiel 20:19 - I am the Lord your God; walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and observe them.
Ezekiel 20:20 - Sanctify My Sabbaths and keep them holy; and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that you may know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord your God.’
Nehemiah 9:13 - Then You came down on Mount Sinai, And spoke with them from heaven; And You gave them fair ordinances and true laws, Good statutes and commandments.
Nehemiah 9:14 - So You made known to them Your holy Sabbath, And gave them commandments, statutes, and law, Through Your servant Moses.
Luke 13:6 - Then He began telling them this parable: “A certain man had a fig tree that had been planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it, but did not find any;
Luke 13:7 - so he said to the vineyard-keeper, ‘For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and have found none. Cut it down! Why does it even use up the ground [depleting the soil and blocking the sunlight]?’
Luke 13:8 - But he replied to him, ‘Let it alone, sir, [just] one more year until I dig around it and put in fertilizer;
Luke 13:9 - and if it bears fruit after this, fine; but if not, cut it down.’ ”
Jeremiah 2:21 - Yet I had planted you [O house of Israel as] a choice vine, A completely faithful seed. How then have you turned against Me Into degenerate shoots of a foreign and wild vine [alien to Me]?
Romans 9:4 - who are Israelites, to whom belongs the adoption as sons, the glory ( Shekinah), the [special] covenants [with Abraham, Moses, and David], the giving of the Law, the [system of temple] worship, and the [original] promises.
Romans 9:5 - To them belong the patriarchs, and from them, according to His natural descent, came the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), He who is exalted and supreme over all, God blessed forever. Amen.
Romans 11:17 - But if some of the branches were broken off, and you [Gentiles], being like a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among them to share with them the rich root of the olive tree,
Romans 11:18 - do not boast over the [broken] branches and exalt yourself at their expense. If you do boast and feel superior, remember that it is not you who supports the root, but the root that supports you.
Romans 11:19 - You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.”
Romans 11:20 - That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand by your faith [as believers understanding the truth of Christ’s deity]. Do not be conceited, but [rather stand in great awe of God and] fear [Him];
Romans 11:21 - for if God did not spare the natural branches [because of unbelief], He will not spare you either.
Romans 11:22 - Then appreciate the gracious kindness and the severity of God: to those who fell [into spiritual ruin], severity, but to you, God’s gracious kindness—if you continue in His kindness [by faith and obedience to Him]; otherwise you too will be cut off.
Romans 11:23 - And even they [the unbelieving Jews], if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in; for God has the power to graft them in again.
Romans 11:24 - For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and against nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much easier will it be to graft these who are the natural branches back into [the original parent stock of] their own olive tree?
Acts 7:46 - who found favor (grace, spiritual blessing) in the sight of God and asked that he might [be allowed to] find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
Acts 7:47 - But it was Solomon who built a house for Him.
Acts 7:38 - This is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness together with the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and who was with our fathers; and he received living oracles [divine words that still live] to be handed down to you.
Romans 3:1 - Then what is the advantage of the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?
Romans 3:2 - Great in every respect. To begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God [His very words].
Mark 4:33 - With many such parables, Jesus spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear and understand it;
Mark 4:34 - and He did not say anything to them without [using] a parable; He did, however, explain everything privately to His own disciples.
Song of Solomon 8:11 - Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; He entrusted the vineyard to caretakers; Each one was to bring him a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.
Song of Solomon 8:12 - My very own vineyard is at my disposal; The thousand [shekels of silver] are for you, O Solomon, And two hundred are for those who tend the fruit.”
Psalms 80:8 - You uprooted a vine (Israel) from Egypt; You drove out the [Canaanite] nations and planted the vine [in Canaan].
Psalms 80:9 - You cleared away the ground before it, And it took deep root and filled the land.
Psalms 80:10 - The mountains were covered with its shadow, And its branches were like the cedars of God.
Psalms 80:11 - Israel sent out its branches to the [Mediterranean] Sea, And its branches to the [Euphrates] River.
Psalms 80:12 - Why have You broken down its walls and hedges, So that all who pass by pick its fruit?
Psalms 80:13 - A boar from the woods eats it away, And the insects of the field feed on it.
Psalms 80:14 - Turn again [in favor to us], O God of hosts; Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,
Psalms 80:15 - Even the stock which Your right hand has planted, And [look down on] the son that You have reared and strengthened for Yourself.
Psalms 80:16 - It is burned with fire, it is cut down; They perish at the rebuke of Your [angry] appearance.
Mark 4:2 - And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said to them,
Isaiah 5:1 - Now let me sing for my greatly Beloved [Lord] A song of my Beloved about His vineyard (His chosen people). My greatly Beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile slope (the promised land, Canaan).
Isaiah 5:2 - He dug it all around and cleared away its stones, And planted it with the choicest vine (the people of Judah). And He built a tower in the center of it; And also hewed out a wine vat in it. Then He expected it to produce [the choicest] grapes, But it produced only worthless ones.
Isaiah 5:3 - “And now, says the Lord, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, Judge between Me and My vineyard (My people).
Isaiah 5:4 - What more could have been done for My vineyard that I have not done in it? When I expected it to produce good grapes, why did it yield worthless ones?
Mark 13:34 - It is like a man away on a journey, who when he left home put his servants in charge, each with his particular task, and also ordered the doorkeeper to be continually alert.
Matthew 25:14 - “For it is just like a man who was about to take a journey, and he called his servants together and entrusted them with his possessions.

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Amplified Bible - Jesus began to speak to them [the chief priests, scribes and elders who were questioning Him] in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and put a wall around it, and dug a pit for the wine press and built a tower; and he rented it out to tenant farmers and left the country.
新标点和合本 - 耶稣就用比喻对他们说：“有人栽了一个葡萄园，周围圈上篱笆，挖了一个压酒池，盖了一座楼，租给园户，就往外国去了。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 耶稣就用比喻对他们说：“有人开垦了一个葡萄园，四周围上篱笆，挖了一个榨酒池，盖了一座守望楼，租给园户，就出外远行去了。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 耶稣就用比喻对他们说：“有人开垦了一个葡萄园，四周围上篱笆，挖了一个榨酒池，盖了一座守望楼，租给园户，就出外远行去了。
当代译本 - 耶稣用比喻对他们说：“有人开垦了一个葡萄园，在四周围上篱笆，又在园中挖了一个榨酒池，建了一座瞭望台，然后把葡萄园租给佃户，就出远门了。
圣经新译本 - 耶稣又用比喻对他们说：“有一个人栽种了一个葡萄园，四面围上篱笆，挖了一个压酒池，盖了一座瞭望台，然后租给佃户，就远行去了。
中文标准译本 - 耶稣开始用比喻对他们说：“有一个人栽种了一个葡萄园，四面围上篱笆，挖了一个榨酒池，盖了一座守望楼，然后把葡萄园租给一些农夫，就出外旅行。
现代标点和合本 - 耶稣就用比喻对他们说：“有人栽了一个葡萄园，周围圈上篱笆，挖了一个压酒池，盖了一座楼，租给园户，就往外国去了。
和合本（拼音版） - 耶稣就用比喻对他们说：“有人栽了一个葡萄园，周围圈上篱笆，挖了一个压酒池，盖了一座楼，租给园户，就往外国去了。
New International Version - Jesus then began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.
New International Reader's Version - Jesus began to speak to the people using stories. He said, “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it. He dug a pit for a winepress. He also built a lookout tower. He rented the vineyard out to some farmers. Then he went to another place.
English Standard Version - And 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.
New Living Translation - Then Jesus began teaching them with stories: “A man planted a vineyard. He built a wall around it, dug a pit for pressing out the grape juice, and built a lookout tower. Then he leased the vineyard to tenant farmers and moved to another country.
The Message - Then Jesus started telling them stories. “A man planted a vineyard. He fenced it, dug a winepress, erected a watchtower, turned it over to the farmhands, and went off on a trip. At the time for harvest, he sent a servant back to the farmhands to collect his profits.
Christian Standard Bible - He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug out a pit for a winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went away.
New American Standard Bible - And He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it, and dug a vat under the wine press and built a tower, and leased it to vine-growers and went on a journey.
New King James Version - Then He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a place for the wine vat and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and went into a far country.
American Standard Version - And he began to speak unto them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a pit for the winepress, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.
King James Version - And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
New English Translation - Then 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.
World English Bible - He began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the wine press, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.
新標點和合本 - 耶穌就用比喻對他們說：「有人栽了一個葡萄園，周圍圈上籬笆，挖了一個壓酒池，蓋了一座樓，租給園戶，就往外國去了。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 耶穌就用比喻對他們說：「有人開墾了一個葡萄園，四周圍上籬笆，挖了一個醡酒池，蓋了一座守望樓，租給園戶，就出外遠行去了。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 耶穌就用比喻對他們說：「有人開墾了一個葡萄園，四周圍上籬笆，挖了一個醡酒池，蓋了一座守望樓，租給園戶，就出外遠行去了。
當代譯本 - 耶穌用比喻對他們說：「有人開墾了一個葡萄園，在四周圍上籬笆，又在園中挖了一個榨酒池，建了一座瞭望臺，然後把葡萄園租給佃戶，就出遠門了。
聖經新譯本 - 耶穌又用比喻對他們說：“有一個人栽種了一個葡萄園，四面圍上籬笆，挖了一個壓酒池，蓋了一座瞭望臺，然後租給佃戶，就遠行去了。
呂振中譯本 - 耶穌就用比喻對他們講：『有一個人栽了一個葡萄園，周圍安上籬笆，挖了一個壓酒池，造了一座守望樓，租給葡萄園工，就出外而去。
中文標準譯本 - 耶穌開始用比喻對他們說：「有一個人栽種了一個葡萄園，四面圍上籬笆，挖了一個榨酒池，蓋了一座守望樓，然後把葡萄園租給一些農夫，就出外旅行。
現代標點和合本 - 耶穌就用比喻對他們說：「有人栽了一個葡萄園，周圍圈上籬笆，挖了一個壓酒池，蓋了一座樓，租給園戶，就往外國去了。
文理和合譯本 - 耶穌以喻語眾曰、有樹葡萄園者、環之以籬、掘酒醡、建望樓、租與農夫、遂往異地、
文理委辦譯本 - 耶穌設譬曰、有人樹葡萄園、以籬環之、掘酒醡、建塔、租與農夫、遂往異地、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 耶穌設喻告眾曰、有人樹葡萄園、以籬環之、掘壓酒處、建望樓、租與園夫、遂往他方、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 耶穌設譬訓眾曰：『人有經營葡萄園者、藩之以籬、掘酒池、建高樓、乃租於園戶；而己則出遊國外。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Entonces comenzó Jesús a hablarles en parábolas: «Un hombre plantó un viñedo. Lo cercó, cavó un lagar y construyó una torre de vigilancia. Luego arrendó el viñedo a unos labradores y se fue de viaje.
현대인의 성경 - 그러고서 예수님은 비유를 들어 그들에게 말씀하셨다. “어떤 사람이 포도원을 만들고 둘레에 울타리를 치고 포도즙틀을 놓을 구덩이를 파고 망대를 세운 후 농부들에게 세로 주고 멀리 여행을 떠났다.
Новый Русский Перевод - И Он стал говорить с ними притчами. – Один человек посадил виноградник, обнес его забором, выкопал яму для давильни и построил сторожевую башню . Он отдал виноградник внаем виноградарям, а сам уехал в чужие края.
Восточный перевод - И Он стал говорить с ними притчами. – Один человек посадил виноградник, обнёс его забором, выкопал яму для давильни и построил сторожевую башню . Он отдал виноградник внаём виноградарям, а сам уехал в далёкую страну.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - И Он стал говорить с ними притчами. – Один человек посадил виноградник, обнёс его забором, выкопал яму для давильни и построил сторожевую башню . Он отдал виноградник внаём виноградарям, а сам уехал в далёкую страну.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - И Он стал говорить с ними притчами. – Один человек посадил виноградник, обнёс его забором, выкопал яму для давильни и построил сторожевую башню . Он отдал виноградник внаём виноградарям, а сам уехал в далёкую страну.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Puis il se mit à leur parler en utilisant des paraboles : Un homme planta une vigne, l’entoura d’une haie, creusa un pressoir, et bâtit une tour de guet . Après cela, il la loua à des vignerons et partit en voyage.
リビングバイブル - それからイエスは、たとえを使って人々に話し始められました。「ある農園主がぶどう園を造り、垣根を巡らし、ぶどうの汁をしぼる穴を掘り、見張りのやぐらを建てました。そして、このぶどう園を農夫たちに貸し、外国へ出かけました。
Nestle Aland 28 - Καὶ ἤρξατο αὐτοῖς ἐν παραβολαῖς λαλεῖν· ἀμπελῶνα ἄνθρωπος ἐφύτευσεν καὶ περιέθηκεν φραγμὸν καὶ ὤρυξεν ὑπολήνιον καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν πύργον καὶ ἐξέδετο αὐτὸν γεωργοῖς καὶ ἀπεδήμησεν.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - καὶ ἤρξατο αὐτοῖς ἐν παραβολαῖς λαλεῖν: ἀμπελῶνα ἄνθρωπος ἐφύτευσεν, καὶ περιέθηκεν φραγμὸν, καὶ ὤρυξεν ὑπολήνιον, καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν πύργον, καὶ ἐξέδετο αὐτὸν γεωργοῖς, καὶ ἀπεδήμησεν.
Nova Versão Internacional - Então Jesus começou a lhes falar por parábolas: “Certo homem plantou uma vinha, colocou uma cerca ao redor dela, cavou um tanque para prensar as uvas e construiu uma torre. Depois arrendou a vinha a alguns lavradores e foi fazer uma viagem.
Hoffnung für alle - Dann erzählte Jesus ihnen ein Gleichnis: »Ein Mann legte einen Weinberg an, zäunte ihn ein, stellte eine Weinpresse auf und baute einen Wachturm. Dann verpachtete er den Weinberg an einige Weinbauern und reiste ins Ausland.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chúa Giê-xu dạy họ với câu chuyện: “Người kia trồng một vườn nho, dựng hàng rào chung quanh, đào hầm ép nho, xây tháp canh, cho người khác mướn, rồi lên đường đi xa.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - แล้วพระองค์ตรัสคำอุปมาแก่พวกเขาว่า “ชายคนหนึ่งทำสวนองุ่น เขาล้อมรั้วกั้นสวน สกัดบ่อย่ำองุ่น และสร้างหอไว้เฝ้า จากนั้นให้ชาวสวนเช่าแล้วเดินทางจากไปต่างแดน
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พระองค์กล่าวกับพวกเขาเป็นอุปมาว่า “ชายคนหนึ่งปลูกสวนองุ่นไว้ ซึ่งมีกำแพงที่สร้างล้อมไว้โดยรอบ แล้วก็ขุดบ่อสำหรับเครื่องสกัดเหล้าองุ่น เขาสร้างหอคอยไว้และให้พวกชาวสวนเช่า แล้วก็เดินทางไปต่างประเทศ

Luke 22:9 - They asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare it?”
Mark 4:11 - He said to them, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you [who have teachable hearts], but those who are outside [the unbelievers, the spiritually blind] get everything in parables,
Mark 4:12 - so that they will continually look but not see, and they will continually hear but not understand, otherwise they might turn [from their rejection of the truth] and be forgiven.”
Mark 4:13 - Then He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand and grasp the meaning of all the parables?
Psalms 78:68 - But He chose the tribe of Judah [as Israel’s leader], Mount Zion, which He loved [to replace Shiloh as His capital].
Psalms 78:69 - And He built His sanctuary [exalted] like the heights [of the heavens], Like the earth which He has established forever.
Matthew 13:10 - Then the disciples came to Him and asked, “Why do You speak to the crowds in parables?”
Matthew 13:11 - Jesus replied to them, “To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted.
Matthew 13:12 - For whoever has [spiritual wisdom because he is receptive to God’s word], to him more will be given, and he will be richly and abundantly supplied; but whoever does not have [spiritual wisdom because he has devalued God’s word], even what he has will be taken away from him.
Matthew 13:13 - This is the reason I speak to the crowds in parables: because while [having the power of] seeing they do not see, and while [having the power of] hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand and grasp [spiritual things].
Matthew 13:14 - In them the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says, ‘You will hear and keep on hearing, but never understand; And you will look and keep on looking, but never comprehend;
Matthew 13:15 - For this nation’s heart has grown hard, And with their ears they hardly hear, And they have [tightly] closed their eyes, Otherwise they would see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, and turn [to Me] And I would heal them [spiritually].’
Psalms 147:19 - He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and His ordinances to Israel.
Psalms 147:20 - He has not dealt this way with any [other] nation; They have not known [understood, appreciated, heeded, or cherished] His ordinances. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)
Ezekiel 20:49 - Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not [just] speaking in parables and making allegories?’ ”
Ezekiel 20:11 - I gave them My statutes and explained My ordinances to them, which, if a man keeps, he will live.
Ezekiel 20:12 - Also I gave them My Sabbaths to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord who sanctifies them (separates and sets them apart).
John 15:1 - “ I am the true Vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.
John 15:2 - Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that continues to bear fruit, He [repeatedly] prunes, so that it will bear more fruit [even richer and finer fruit].
John 15:3 - You are already clean because of the word which I have given you [the teachings which I have discussed with you].
John 15:4 - Remain in Me, and I [will remain] in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself without remaining in the vine, neither can you [bear fruit, producing evidence of your faith] unless you remain in Me.
John 15:5 - I am the Vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in Me and I in him bears much fruit, for [otherwise] apart from Me [that is, cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing.
John 15:6 - If anyone does not remain in Me, he is thrown out like a [broken off] branch, and withers and dies; and they gather such branches and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
John 15:7 - If you remain in Me and My words remain in you [that is, if we are vitally united and My message lives in your heart], ask whatever you wish and it will be done for you.
John 15:8 - My Father is glorified and honored by this, when you bear much fruit, and prove yourselves to be My [true] disciples.
Luke 20:9 - Then He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time [to another country].
Luke 20:10 - At harvest time he sent a servant [as his representative] to the tenants, so that they would give him his share of the fruit of the vineyard; but the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.
Luke 20:11 - So he again sent another servant; they also beat him and dishonored and treated him disgracefully and sent him away empty-handed.
Luke 20:12 - And he sent yet a third; and this one too they wounded and threw out [of the vineyard].
Luke 20:13 - Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will have respect for him.’
Luke 20:14 - But when the tenants saw him, they discussed it among themselves, saying, ‘This [man] is the heir; let us kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.’
Luke 20:15 - So they threw the son out of the vineyard and killed him. What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
Luke 20:16 - He will come and put these tenants to death and will give the vineyard to others.” When the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders heard this, they said, “May it never be!”
Luke 20:17 - But Jesus looked at them and said, “What then is [the meaning of] this that is written: ‘The [very] Stone which the builders rejected, this became the chief Cornerstone’?
Luke 20:18 - Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken and shattered in pieces; and on whomever it falls, it will crush him.”
Luke 20:19 - The scribes and the chief priests tried to [find a way to] arrest Him at that very hour, but they were afraid of the people; because they understood that He spoke this parable against them.
Mark 12:1 - Jesus began to speak to them [the chief priests, scribes and elders who were questioning Him] in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and put a wall around it, and dug a pit for the wine press and built a tower; and he rented it out to tenant farmers and left the country.
Mark 12:2 - When the harvest season came he sent a servant to the tenants, in order to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.
Mark 12:3 - They took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
Mark 12:4 - Again he sent them another servant, and they [threw stones and] wounded him in the head, and treated him disgracefully.
Mark 12:5 - And he sent another, and that one they killed; then many others—some they beat and some they killed.
Mark 12:6 - He still had one man left to send, a beloved son; he sent him last of all to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
Mark 12:7 - But those tenants said to each other, ‘This man is the heir! Come on, let us kill him [and destroy the evidence], and his inheritance will be ours!’
Mark 12:8 - So they took him and killed him, and threw his body outside the vineyard.
Mark 12:9 - What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants, and will give the vineyard to others.
Mark 12:10 - Have you not even read this Scripture: ‘The stone which the builders regarded as unworthy and rejected, This [very stone] has become the chief Cornerstone
Mark 12:11 - This came about from the Lord, And it is marvelous and wonderful in our eyes’?”
Mark 12:12 - And they were looking for a way to seize Him, but they were afraid of the crowd; for they knew that He spoke this parable in reference to [and as a charge against] them. And so they left Him and went away.
Luke 8:10 - And He said, “To you [who have been chosen] it has been granted to know and recognize the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables, so that though seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.
Matthew 13:34 - All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables, and He said nothing to them without [using] a parable.
Matthew 13:35 - This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things [unknown and unattainable] that have been hidden [from mankind] since the foundation of the world.”
Luke 15:13 - A few days later, the younger son gathered together everything [that he had] and traveled to a distant country, and there he wasted his fortune in reckless and immoral living.
Isaiah 7:23 - And it will come to pass in that day, in every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand silver shekels, there will be briars and thorns.
Luke 19:12 - So He said, “A nobleman went to a distant country to obtain for himself a kingdom, and [then] to return.
Ezekiel 20:18 - “But I said to their children in the wilderness, ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers nor observe their ordinances nor defile yourselves with their idols.
Ezekiel 20:19 - I am the Lord your God; walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and observe them.
Ezekiel 20:20 - Sanctify My Sabbaths and keep them holy; and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that you may know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord your God.’
Nehemiah 9:13 - Then You came down on Mount Sinai, And spoke with them from heaven; And You gave them fair ordinances and true laws, Good statutes and commandments.
Nehemiah 9:14 - So You made known to them Your holy Sabbath, And gave them commandments, statutes, and law, Through Your servant Moses.
Luke 13:6 - Then He began telling them this parable: “A certain man had a fig tree that had been planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it, but did not find any;
Luke 13:7 - so he said to the vineyard-keeper, ‘For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and have found none. Cut it down! Why does it even use up the ground [depleting the soil and blocking the sunlight]?’
Luke 13:8 - But he replied to him, ‘Let it alone, sir, [just] one more year until I dig around it and put in fertilizer;
Luke 13:9 - and if it bears fruit after this, fine; but if not, cut it down.’ ”
Jeremiah 2:21 - Yet I had planted you [O house of Israel as] a choice vine, A completely faithful seed. How then have you turned against Me Into degenerate shoots of a foreign and wild vine [alien to Me]?
Romans 9:4 - who are Israelites, to whom belongs the adoption as sons, the glory ( Shekinah), the [special] covenants [with Abraham, Moses, and David], the giving of the Law, the [system of temple] worship, and the [original] promises.
Romans 9:5 - To them belong the patriarchs, and from them, according to His natural descent, came the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), He who is exalted and supreme over all, God blessed forever. Amen.
Romans 11:17 - But if some of the branches were broken off, and you [Gentiles], being like a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among them to share with them the rich root of the olive tree,
Romans 11:18 - do not boast over the [broken] branches and exalt yourself at their expense. If you do boast and feel superior, remember that it is not you who supports the root, but the root that supports you.
Romans 11:19 - You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.”
Romans 11:20 - That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand by your faith [as believers understanding the truth of Christ’s deity]. Do not be conceited, but [rather stand in great awe of God and] fear [Him];
Romans 11:21 - for if God did not spare the natural branches [because of unbelief], He will not spare you either.
Romans 11:22 - Then appreciate the gracious kindness and the severity of God: to those who fell [into spiritual ruin], severity, but to you, God’s gracious kindness—if you continue in His kindness [by faith and obedience to Him]; otherwise you too will be cut off.
Romans 11:23 - And even they [the unbelieving Jews], if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in; for God has the power to graft them in again.
Romans 11:24 - For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and against nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much easier will it be to graft these who are the natural branches back into [the original parent stock of] their own olive tree?
Acts 7:46 - who found favor (grace, spiritual blessing) in the sight of God and asked that he might [be allowed to] find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
Acts 7:47 - But it was Solomon who built a house for Him.
Acts 7:38 - This is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness together with the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and who was with our fathers; and he received living oracles [divine words that still live] to be handed down to you.
Romans 3:1 - Then what is the advantage of the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?
Romans 3:2 - Great in every respect. To begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God [His very words].
Mark 4:33 - With many such parables, Jesus spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear and understand it;
Mark 4:34 - and He did not say anything to them without [using] a parable; He did, however, explain everything privately to His own disciples.
Song of Solomon 8:11 - Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; He entrusted the vineyard to caretakers; Each one was to bring him a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.
Song of Solomon 8:12 - My very own vineyard is at my disposal; The thousand [shekels of silver] are for you, O Solomon, And two hundred are for those who tend the fruit.”
Psalms 80:8 - You uprooted a vine (Israel) from Egypt; You drove out the [Canaanite] nations and planted the vine [in Canaan].
Psalms 80:9 - You cleared away the ground before it, And it took deep root and filled the land.
Psalms 80:10 - The mountains were covered with its shadow, And its branches were like the cedars of God.
Psalms 80:11 - Israel sent out its branches to the [Mediterranean] Sea, And its branches to the [Euphrates] River.
Psalms 80:12 - Why have You broken down its walls and hedges, So that all who pass by pick its fruit?
Psalms 80:13 - A boar from the woods eats it away, And the insects of the field feed on it.
Psalms 80:14 - Turn again [in favor to us], O God of hosts; Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,
Psalms 80:15 - Even the stock which Your right hand has planted, And [look down on] the son that You have reared and strengthened for Yourself.
Psalms 80:16 - It is burned with fire, it is cut down; They perish at the rebuke of Your [angry] appearance.
Mark 4:2 - And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said to them,
Isaiah 5:1 - Now let me sing for my greatly Beloved [Lord] A song of my Beloved about His vineyard (His chosen people). My greatly Beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile slope (the promised land, Canaan).
Isaiah 5:2 - He dug it all around and cleared away its stones, And planted it with the choicest vine (the people of Judah). And He built a tower in the center of it; And also hewed out a wine vat in it. Then He expected it to produce [the choicest] grapes, But it produced only worthless ones.
Isaiah 5:3 - “And now, says the Lord, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, Judge between Me and My vineyard (My people).
Isaiah 5:4 - What more could have been done for My vineyard that I have not done in it? When I expected it to produce good grapes, why did it yield worthless ones?
Mark 13:34 - It is like a man away on a journey, who when he left home put his servants in charge, each with his particular task, and also ordered the doorkeeper to be continually alert.
Matthew 25:14 - “For it is just like a man who was about to take a journey, and he called his servants together and entrusted them with his possessions.