Mark 12:1

And He began to speak to them in parables: A man planted a vineyard and put a wall around it, and dug a vat under the wine press and built a tower, and rented it out to vine-growers and went on a journey.

Song of Songs 8:11-12

“Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon;
He entrusted the vineyard to caretakers.
Each one was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.

Isaiah 5:1-4

Let me sing now for my well-beloved
A song of my beloved concerning His vineyard.
My well-beloved had a vineyard on a fertile hill.

Matthew 25:14

For it is just like a man about to go on a journey, who called his own slaves and entrusted his possessions to them.

Mark 4:2

And He was teaching them many things in parables, and was saying to them in His teaching,

Mark 4:11-13

And He was saying to them, “To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but those who are outside get everything in parables,

Mark 4:33-34

With many such parables He was speaking the word to them, so far as they were able to hear it;

Mark 13:34

It is like a man away on a journey, who upon leaving his house and putting his slaves in charge, assigning to each one his task, also commanded the doorkeeper to stay on the alert.

Nehemiah 9:13-14

“Then You came down on Mount Sinai,
And spoke with them from heaven;
You gave them just ordinances and true laws,
Good statutes and commandments.

Psalm 78:68-69

But chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion which He loved.

Psalm 80:8-16

You removed a vine from Egypt;
You drove out the nations and planted it.

Psalm 147:19-20

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

Isaiah 7:23

And it will come about in that day, that every place where there used to be a thousand vines, valued at a thousand shekels of silver, will become briars and thorns.

Jeremiah 2:21

“Yet I planted you a choice vine,
A completely faithful seed.
How then have you turned yourself before Me
Into the degenerate shoots of a foreign vine?

Ezekiel 20:11-12

I gave them My statutes and informed them of My ordinances, by which, if a man observes them, he will live.

Ezekiel 20:18-20

“I said to their children in the wilderness, ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.

Ezekiel 20:49

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

Matthew 13:10-15

And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”

Matthew 13:34-35

All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and He did not speak to them without a parable.

Matthew 21:28-14

“But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go work today in the vineyard.’

Mark 12:1-12

And He began to speak to them in parables: A man planted a vineyard and put a wall around it, and dug a vat under the wine press and built a tower, and rented it out to vine-growers and went on a journey.

Luke 8:10

And He said, To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

Luke 13:6-9

And He began telling this parable: “A man had a fig tree which had been planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find any.

Luke 15:13

And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey into a distant country, and there he squandered his estate with loose living.

Luke 19:12

So He said, A nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself, and then return.

Luke 20:9-19

And He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and rented it out to vine-growers, and went on a journey for a long time.

Luke 22:9

They said to 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 was speaking to him on Mount Sinai, and who was with our fathers; and he received living oracles to pass on to you.

Acts 7:46-47

David found favor in God’s sight, and asked that he might find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.

Romans 3:1-2

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

Romans 9:4-5

who are Israelites, to whom belongs the adoption as sons, and the glory and the covenants and the giving of the Law and the temple service and the promises,

Romans 11:17-24

But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of 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 was teaching them many things in parables, and was saying to them in His teaching,
Ezekiel 20:49
Then I said, “Ah Lord God! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not just speaking parables?’”
Matthew 13:10
And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”
Matthew 21:28
“But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go work today in the vineyard.’
Matthew 22:1
Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,
Luke 8:10
And He said, To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.
Luke 22:9
They said to 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 vine-growers and went on a journey.
Luke 20:9
And He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and rented it out to vine-growers, and went on a journey for a long time.

Planted

Psalm 80:8
You removed a vine from Egypt;
You drove out the nations and planted it.
Isaiah 5:1
Let me sing now for my well-beloved
A song of my beloved concerning His vineyard.
My well-beloved had a vineyard on a fertile hill.
Jeremiah 2:21
“Yet I planted you a choice vine,
A completely faithful seed.
How then have you turned yourself before Me
Into the degenerate shoots of a foreign vine?
Luke 13:6
And He began telling this parable: “A man had a fig tree which had been planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and 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, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of 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;
You gave them just ordinances and true laws,
Good statutes and commandments.
Psalm 78:68
But chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion which He loved.
Psalm 147:19
He declares His words to Jacob,
His statutes and His ordinances to Israel.
Ezekiel 20:11
I gave them My statutes and informed them of My ordinances, by which, if a man observes them, he will live.
Acts 7:38
This is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness together with the angel who was speaking to him on Mount Sinai, and who was with our fathers; and he received living oracles to pass on to you.
Romans 3:1
Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?
Romans 9:4
who are Israelites, to whom belongs the adoption as sons, and the glory and the covenants and the giving of the Law and the temple service and the 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 a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.
Isaiah 7:23
And it will come about in that day, that every place where there used to be a thousand vines, valued at a thousand shekels of silver, will become briars and thorns.

And went

Mark 13:34
It is like a man away on a journey, who upon leaving his house and putting his slaves in charge, assigning to each one his task, also commanded the doorkeeper to stay on the alert.
Matthew 25:14
For it is just like a man about to go on a journey, who called his own slaves and entrusted his possessions to them.
Luke 15:13
And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey into a distant country, and there he squandered his estate with loose living.
Luke 19:12
So He said, A nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself, and then return.

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