Thematic Bible: Erected in vineyards and herding grounds
Thematic Bible
Fort » Erected in vineyards and herding grounds
Since he had many cattle both in the Judean foothills and the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many wells. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hills and in the fertile lands.
and planted it with the finest vines.
He built a tower in the middle of it
and even dug out a winepress there.
He expected
but it yielded worthless grapes.
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.