Matthew 21:33
"Listen to another parable [i.e., a brief story used to illustrate His teaching]: There was the owner of a farm who planted a vineyard and built a fence around it. He constructed a grape squeezing device, built a [lookout] tower [near it], leased it to tenant farmers and then went to another country.
Mark 12:1
Jesus began speaking to them [i.e., to the leading priests and experts in the law of Moses (See 11:
Luke 20:9
Then Jesus began speaking to the people. [Note: And perhaps to the religious leaders as well. See Mark 11:18 with 12:1]. He told them this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, then leased it out to tenant farmers and went to another country for a long time.
John 15:1
[Jesus continued], "I am the real vine, and my Father is the owner of the vineyard.