Matthew 21:33

KJV1611 – Modern English

Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and hedged it around, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, and leased it to vine dressers, and went into a far country.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Ἄλλην παραβολὴν ἀκούσατε: Ἄνθρωπός τις ἦν οἰκοδεσπότης, ὅστις ἐφύτευσεν ἀμπελῶνα, καὶ φραγμὸν αὐτῷ περιέθηκεν, καὶ ὤρυξεν ἐν αὐτῷ ληνὸν, καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν πύργον, καὶ ἐξέδοτο αὐτὸν γεωργοῖς, καὶ ἀπεδήμησεν:

Transliteration

Another parabolēn akousate: Anthrōpos certain was oikodespotēs, who ephyteusen ampelōna, and phragmon to it periethēken, and ōryxen in it lēnon, and ōkodomēsen pyrgon, and exedoto it to geōrgois, and apedēmēsen:

Grammar Details

• *parabolēn*: accusative feminine singular - parable
• *akousate*: aorist active imperative, 2nd person plural - hear
• *Anthrōpos*: nominative masculine singular - man
• *oikodespotēs*: nominative masculine singular - householder
• *ephyteusen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he planted
• *ampelōna*: accusative masculine singular - vineyard
• *phragmon*: accusative masculine singular - fence
• *periethēken*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he placed around
• *ōryxen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he dug
• *lēnon*: accusative feminine singular - winepress
• *ōkodomēsen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he built
• *pyrgon*: accusative masculine singular - tower
• *exedoto*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular - he rented out
• *geōrgois*: dative masculine plural - farmers
• *apedēmēsen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he went away

Word Meanings

• *parabolēn*: parable/comparison/analogy
• *akousate*: hear/listen to
• *Anthrōpos*: man/person/human
• *oikodespotēs*: householder/master of house/landlord
• *ephyteusen*: planted/established
• *ampelōna*: vineyard/vineyard plantation
• *phragmon*: fence/hedge/wall
• *periethēken*: placed around/surrounded/enclosed
• *ōryxen*: dug/excavated
• *lēnon*: winepress/wine vat
• *ōkodomēsen*: built/constructed
• *pyrgon*: tower/watchtower
• *exedoto*: rented out/leased/let out
• *geōrgois*: farmers/tenant farmers/vinedressers
• *apedēmēsen*: went away/traveled abroad/departed

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went away.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Hear another parable: There was a man that was a householder, who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Herken another similitude. Ther was a certayne housholder which planted a vineyarde and hedged it roude about and made a wynpresse in it and bilt a tower and let it out to husbandmen and wet in to a straunge coutre.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Heare another parable. There was a certayne houssholder which planted a vynyarde, and hedged it roude aboute, and dygged a wyne presse in it, and built a tower, and let it out vnto hussbandmen, and wente in to a straunge countre.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Heare another parable, There was a certaine housholder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, & made a winepresse therein, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a strange countrey.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Hearken another similitude. There was a certayne man, an householder, which made a vineyarde, & hedged it rounde about, and made a wynepresse in it, and buylt a towre, and let it out to husbande men: and went into a strange countrey.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ ‹Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Hear ye another simile: There was a certain man, a householder, who planted a vineyard, and did put a hedge round it, and digged in it a wine-press, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Hear another parable: There was a man that was a householder, who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Hear another parable: There was a man that was a householder, who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Give ear to another story. A master of a house made a vine garden, and put a wall round it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and made a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Parable of the Tenants“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.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 5:1-4 : 1 Now I will sing to my beloved a song of my beloved concerning his vineyard. My beloved has a vineyard on a very fruitful hill: 2 And he fenced it, and removed its stones, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress in it: and he expected it to bring forth grapes, but it brought forth wild grapes. 3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard. 4 What more could have been done to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I looked for it to bring forth grapes, did it bring forth wild grapes?
• Matt 25:14-15 : 14 For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and entrusted his goods to them. 15 And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to each according to his own ability; and immediately went on his journey.
• Song 8:11-12 : 11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard to keepers; each one was to bring a thousand pieces of silver for its fruit. 12 My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: you, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep its fruit two hundred.
• Luke 20:9-9 : 9 Then he began to speak this parable to the people: A certain man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to tenant farmers, and went into a far country for a long time. 10 And at harvest time he sent a servant to the tenant farmers, that they would give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the tenant farmers beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. 11 And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. 12 And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out. 13 Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will respect him when they see him. 14 But when the tenant farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours. 15 So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do to them? 16 He shall come and destroy those tenant farmers, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid. 17 And he looked at them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same has become the cornerstone? 18 Whoever falls upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it falls, it will grind him to powder. 19 And the chief priests and the scribes tried to lay hands on him at that very hour; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.
• Mark 12:1-9 : 1 And he began to speak to them in parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a place for the winepress, and built a tower, and leased it to farmers, and went into a far country. 2 At harvest time, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. 3 But they seized him, and beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. 4 Again, he sent another servant to them; and they threw stones at him, wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated. 5 He sent yet another, and him they killed; as well as many others, beating some and killing some. 6 Therefore, having one son, his beloved, he sent him to them last, saying, 'They will respect my son.' 7 But those farmers said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.' 8 So they took him, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard. 9 What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and give the vineyard to others. 10 Have you not read this scripture: 'The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone: 11 This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes'? 12 They sought to arrest him, but feared the crowd, for they knew he had spoken the parable against them. So they left him and went away.
• Mark 13:34 : 34 For the Son of Man is like a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch.
• Luke 19:12 : 12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.
• Deut 1:15-17 : 15 So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and known men, and made them leaders over you, captains over thousands, captains over hundreds, captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes. 16 And I commanded your judges at that time, saying, Hear the cases between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger who is with him. 17 You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid of anyone, for the judgment is God's. The case that is too difficult for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.
• Deut 16:18 : 18 Judges and officers you shall make for yourself in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, throughout your tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
• Deut 17:9-9 : 9 and you shall come to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge who is in office in those days, and inquire, and they shall declare to you the verdict of the judgment. 10 You shall do according to the decision they give you at the place which the LORD chooses, and you shall be careful to do according to all that they instruct you. 11 According to the sentence of the law which they teach you, and according to the judgment which they tell you, you shall do; you shall not turn aside from the sentence they show you, to the right hand or to the left. 12 The man who acts presumptuously and will not listen to the priest who stands to minister there before the LORD your God, or to the judge, that man shall die; so you shall put away the evil from Israel.
• Deut 33:8-9 : 8 And of Levi he said, Let your Thummim and your Urim be with your holy one, whom you tried at Massah, and with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah; 9 Who said to his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brothers, nor knew his own children: for they have observed your word, and kept your covenant. 10 They shall teach Jacob your judgments, and Israel your law: they shall put incense before you, and whole burnt sacrifice upon your altar.
• 1 Kgs 22:19 : 19 And he said, Therefore hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
• Ps 80:8-9 : 8 You have brought a vine out of Egypt; you have cast out the nations, and planted it. 9 You prepared room before it, and caused it to take deep root, and it filled the land. 10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and its boughs were like the majestic cedars. 11 It sent out its boughs unto the sea, and its branches unto the river. 12 Why have you then broken down its hedges, so that all those who pass by the way pluck it? 13 The boar out of the woods destroys it, and the wild beasts of the field devour it. 14 Return, we beseech you, O God of hosts; look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; 15 And the vineyard which your right hand has planted, and the branch that you made strong for yourself. 16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down; they perish at the rebuke of your countenance.
• Jer 2:21 : 21 Yet I had planted you a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then have you turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine to me?
• Jer 19:3 : 3 And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring disaster upon this place, which whoever hears of it, his ears shall tingle.
• Hos 4:1 : 1 Hear the word of the LORD, you children of Israel, for the LORD has a dispute with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
• Mal 2:4-9 : 4 And you shall know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant might be with Levi, says the LORD of hosts. 5 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear with which he feared me and was afraid before my name. 6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found on his lips; he walked with me in peace and equity and turned many away from iniquity. 7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts. 8 But you have turned out of the way; you have caused many to stumble at the law; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the LORD of hosts. 9 Therefore, I have also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as you have not kept my ways but have been partial in the law.
• Matt 13:18 : 18 Listen then to what the parable of the sower means.
• Matt 21:28 : 28 But what do you think? A certain man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, Son, go work today in my vineyard.
• Matt 23:2 : 2 saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
• John 15:1 : 1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.
• Isa 1:10 : 10 Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah.