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.

Song of Songs 8:11-12


“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.

Isaiah 5:1-4

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).

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.

Mark 4:2

And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said to them,

Mark 4:11-13

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 4:33-34

With many such parables, Jesus spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear and understand it;

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.

Nehemiah 9:13-14


“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.

Psalm 78:68-69


But He chose the tribe of Judah [as Israel’s leader],
Mount Zion, which He loved [to replace Shiloh as His capital].

Psalm 80:8-16


You uprooted a vine (Israel) from Egypt;
You drove out the [Canaanite] nations and planted the vine [in Canaan].

Psalm 147:19-20


He declares His word to Jacob,
His statutes and His ordinances to Israel.

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.

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]?

Ezekiel 20:11-12

I gave them My statutes and explained My ordinances to them, which, if a man keeps, he will live.

Ezekiel 20:18-20

“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 20:49

Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not [just] speaking in parables and making allegories?’”

Matthew 13:10-15

Then the disciples came to Him and asked, “Why do You speak to the crowds in parables?”

Matthew 13:34-35

All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables, and He said nothing to them without [using] a parable.

Matthew 21:28-14

“What do you think? There was a man who had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’

Mark 12:1-12

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.

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.

Luke 13:6-9

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 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.

Luke 19:12

So He said, “A nobleman went to a distant country to obtain for himself a kingdom, and [then] to return.

Luke 20:9-19

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 22:9

They asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare it?”

John 15:1-8

I am the true Vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.

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.

Acts 7:46-47

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.

Romans 3:1-2

Then what is the advantage of the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?

Romans 9:4-5

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 11:17-24

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,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Bible References

He began

Mark 4:2
And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said to them,
Ezekiel 20:49
Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not [just] speaking in parables and making allegories?’”
Matthew 13:10
Then the disciples came to Him and asked, “Why do You speak to the crowds in parables?”
Matthew 21:28
“What do you think? There was a man who had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’
Matthew 22:1
Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,
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.
Luke 22:9
They asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare it?”

A certain

Matthew 21:33
“Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard and put a wall around it and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and rented it out to tenant farmers and went on a journey [to another country].
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].

Planted

Psalm 80:8

You uprooted a vine (Israel) from Egypt;
You drove out the [Canaanite] nations and planted the vine [in Canaan].
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).
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]?
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;
John 15:1
I am the true Vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.
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,

And set

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.
Psalm 78:68

But He chose the tribe of Judah [as Israel’s leader],
Mount Zion, which He loved [to replace Shiloh as His capital].
Psalm 147:19

He declares His word to Jacob,
His statutes and His ordinances to Israel.
Ezekiel 20:11
I gave them My statutes and explained My ordinances to them, which, if a man keeps, he will live.
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 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.

And let

Song of Songs 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.
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.

And went

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.
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.
Luke 19:12
So He said, “A nobleman went to a distant country to obtain for himself a kingdom, and [then] to return.