Mark 12:1
He taught them with illustrations: A man had a vineyard planted. He built a wall around it. He prepared a place for crushing out the wine and put up a tower. Then he rented it out to field workers, and went into another country.
Song of Songs 8:11-12
Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon. He leased the vineyard to keepers. Every one was to bring a thousand pieces of silver for its fruit.
Isaiah 5:1-4
Let me sing to my loved one a song of my beloved concerning his vineyard: My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hill.
Matthew 25:14
It is like a man going to another country. He called his servants and put them in charge of his property.
Mark 4:2
He taught them many things by illustrations and said to them:
Mark 4:11-13
He told them: The secret of the kingdom of God is given to you. Illustrations are spoken to outsiders.
Mark 4:33-34
He spoke the word to them with many illustrations as long as they were able to listen.
Mark 13:34
It is similar to a man traveling to another country. He leaves his house and gives authority to his servants to do the work. He commands them to watch.
Nehemiah 9:13-14
You came down on Mount Sinai, and your voice came to them from heaven, giving them right decisions and true laws, good rules and orders.
Psalm 78:68-69
but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion he loved.
Psalm 80:8-16
You brought a vine from Egypt. You forced out the nations and planted it.
Psalm 147:19-20
He speaks his word to Jacob, his laws and judgments to Israel.
Isaiah 7:23
When that time comes, the fine vineyards, each with a thousand vines and each worth a thousand pieces of silver, will be overgrown with thorn bushes and briers.
Jeremiah 2:21
I planted you like a choice grapevine from the very best seed. Now you have turned against me and have become a wild vine.
Ezekiel 20:11-12
I gave them my laws and made my rules known to them. If people obey them they will live.
Ezekiel 20:18-20
I said to their children in the desert: Do not live by the laws of your ancestors. Do not obey their rules or dishonor yourselves with their disgusting idols.
Ezekiel 20:49
Then I said: Oh no! Lord Jehovah, no! The people already say that I am only telling stories (a figure of speech or a parable).
Matthew 13:10-15
The disciples asked him: Why do you speak in illustrations?
Matthew 13:34-35
Jesus spoke with illustrations to the crowds. He did not speak anything without using illustrations.
Matthew 21:28-14
What do you think? A man had two sons. He asked the first to work today in the vineyard.
Mark 12:1-12
He taught them with illustrations: A man had a vineyard planted. He built a wall around it. He prepared a place for crushing out the wine and put up a tower. Then he rented it out to field workers, and went into another country.
Luke 8:10
He said: You are meant to know the secrets of the kingdom of God. I speak to the rest in illustrations, that seeing they may not see and hearing they may not understand.
Luke 13:6-9
Jesus told them an illustration: There was a man who had a fig tree growing in his vineyard. He looked for figs on it but found none.
Luke 15:13
In a short time the younger son sold his share of the property. He left home with the money and traveled to a far away country where he wasted his money in reckless living.
Luke 19:12
He said: A nobleman traveled to a country far away to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
Luke 20:9-19
He told the people an illustration: A man planted a vineyard. He rented it to tenants and went to another country for a long time.
Luke 22:9
They asked him: Where do you want us to get ready?
John 15:1-8
I am the true vine, and my Father is the cultivator.
Acts 7:38
This one was with our father in the congregation in the wilderness. The angel spoke to him on Mount Sinai. He received the living oracles to give to us.
Acts 7:46-47
Who found favor before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
Romans 3:1-2
What then is the superiority of the Jew? What is the benefit of circumcision?
Romans 9:4-5
They are Israelites and the adoption belongs to them. They have the glory of the covenants. The law was given to them along with the service and promises.
Romans 11:17-24
Some of the branches are broken off. You, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them. Therefore you partake of the root and fatness of the olive tree with them.