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.


In Context

6 But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us, because they are persuaded that John was a prophet."

7 So they answered, "We don't know where it was from."

8 Jesus said, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things."

9 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.

10 At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants so they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

11 He sent another servant, but that one also they beat and treated shamefully and sent away empty-handed.

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:9And 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.

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.