9And he began to speak to the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country for a long time.


In Context

6 but if we should say, Of men, the whole people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.

7 And they answered, they did not know whence.

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

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

10 And in the season he sent to the husbandmen a bondman, that they might give to him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the husbandmen, having beaten him, sent him away empty.

11 And again he sent another bondman; but they, having beaten him also, and cast insult upon him, sent him away empty.

Luke 20:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:9Then 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:9He 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:9And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:9And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:9And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:9Then he began to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:9He began to tell the people this parable. |A man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:9And he began to speak unto the people this simile: 'A certain man planted a vineyard, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad for a long time,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:9Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to farmers, and went into a far country for a long time.