Matthew 21:33

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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:

Hear

Hosea 4:1

There

John 15:1

Husbandmen

Went

Matthew 25:14

Mark 13:34

Luke 19:12

Bible References

Hear

“You, then, listen to the parable of the sower:

Then Micaiah said, “Therefore, hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on His throne, and the whole heavenly host was standing by Him at His right hand and at His left hand.

Hear the word of the Lord,
you rulers of Sodom!
Listen to the instruction of our God,
you people of Gomorrah!

Say: Hear the word of the Lord, kings of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on this place that everyone who hears about it will shudder

Hear the word of the Lord, people of Israel,
for the Lord has a case
against the inhabitants of the land:
There is no truth, no faithful love,
and no knowledge of God in the land!

There

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

Solomon owned a vineyard in Baal-hamon.
He leased the vineyard to tenants.
Each was to bring for his fruit
1,000 pieces of silver.

I will sing about the one I love,
a song about my loved one’s vineyard:
The one I love had a vineyard
on a very fertile hill.

I planted you, a choice vine
from the very best seed.
How then could you turn into
a degenerate, foreign vine?

Then He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug out a pit for a winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went away.

Then He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went away for a long time.

“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vineyard keeper.

Husbandmen

“The scribes and the Pharisees are seated in the chair of Moses.

“So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and set them over you as leaders: officials for thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, and officers for your tribes.

“Appoint judges and officials for your tribes in all your towns the Lord your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.

You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who presides at that time. Ask, and they will give you a verdict in the case.

He said about Levi:

Your Thummim and Urim belong to Your faithful one;
You tested him at Massah
and contended with him at the waters of Meribah.

Then you will know that I sent you this decree so My covenant with Levi may continue,” says the Lord of Hosts.

Went

“For it is just like a man going on a journey. He called his own slaves and turned over his possessions to them.

It is like a man on a journey, who left his house, gave authority to his slaves, gave each one his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to be alert.

Therefore He said: “A nobleman traveled to a far country to receive for himself authority to be king and then return.