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Matt. 21:33 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Hear
akouo (Greek #191)
to hear (in various senses)
KJV usage: give (in the) audience (of), come (to the ears), (shall) hear(-er, -ken), be noised, be reported, understand.
Pronounce: ak-oo'-o
Origin: a primary verb
another
allos (Greek #243)
"else," i.e. different (in many applications)
KJV usage: more, one (another), (an-, some an-)other(-s, -wise).
Pronounce: al'-los
Origin: a primary word
parable
parabole (Greek #3850)
a similitude ("parable"), i.e. (symbolic) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral), apothegm or adage
KJV usage: comparison, figure, parable, proverb.
Pronounce: par-ab-ol-ay'
Origin: from 3846
: There was
anthropos (Greek #444)
man-faced, i.e. a human being
KJV usage: certain, man.
Pronounce: anth'-ro-pos
Origin: from 435 and ὤψ (the countenance; from 3700)
en (Greek #2258)
I (thou, etc.) was (wast or were)
KJV usage: + agree, be, X have (+ charge of), hold, use, was(-t), were.
Pronounce: ane
Origin: imperfect of 1510
a certain
tis (Greek #5100)
some or any person or object
KJV usage: a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).
Pronounce: tis
Origin: an enclitic indefinite pronoun
householder
oikodespotes (Greek #3617)
the head of a family
KJV usage: goodman (of the house), householder, master of the house.
Pronounce: oy-kod-es-pot'-ace
Origin: from 3624 and 1203
, which
hostis (Greek #3748)
which some, i.e. any that; also (definite) which same
KJV usage: X and (they), (such) as, (they) that, in that they, what(-soever), whereas ye, (they) which, who(-soever). Compare 3754.
Pronounce: hos'-tis
Origin: ἥτις (hay'-tis), and the neuter ὅτι (hot'-ee) from 3739 and 5100
g planted
phuteuo (Greek #5452)
to set out in the earth, i.e. implant; figuratively, to instil doctrine
KJV usage: plant.
Pronounce: foot-yoo'-o
Origin: from a derivative of 5453
a vineyard
ampelon (Greek #290)
a vineyard
KJV usage: vineyard.
Pronounce: am-pel-ohn'
Origin: from 288
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
hedged
phragmos (Greek #5418)
a fence, or inclosing barrier (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: hedge (+ round about), partition.
Pronounce: frag-mos'
Origin: from 5420
it
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
round about
peritithemi (Greek #4060)
to place around; by implication, to present
KJV usage: bestow upon, hedge round about, put about (on, upon), set about.
Pronounce: per-ee-tith'-ay-mee
Origin: from 4012 and 5087
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
digged
orusso (Greek #3736)
to "burrow" in the ground, i.e. dig
KJV usage: dig.
Pronounce: or-oos'-so
Origin: apparently a primary verb
a winepress
lenos (Greek #3025)
a trough, i.e. wine-vat
KJV usage: winepress.
Pronounce: lay-nos'
Origin: apparently a primary word
in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
it
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
built
oikodomeo (Greek #3618)
to be a house-builder, i.e. construct or (figuratively) confirm
KJV usage: (be in) build(-er, -ing, up), edify, embolden.
Pronounce: oy-kod-om-eh'-o
Origin: from the same as 3619
a tower
purgos (Greek #4444)
a tower or castle
KJV usage: tower.
Pronounce: poor'-gos
Origin: apparently a primary word ("burgh")
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
let
ekdidomi (Greek #1554)
to give forth, i.e. (specially) to lease
KJV usage: let forth (out).
Pronounce: ek-did-o'-mee
Origin: from 1537 and 1325
it
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
out
ekdidomi (Greek #1554)
to give forth, i.e. (specially) to lease
KJV usage: let forth (out).
Pronounce: ek-did-o'-mee
Origin: from 1537 and 1325
to husbandmen
georgos (Greek #1092)
a land-worker, i.e. farmer
KJV usage: husbandman.
Pronounce: gheh-ore-gos'
Origin: from 1093 and the base of 2041
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
went into a far country
apodemeo (Greek #589)
to go abroad, i.e. visit a foreign land
KJV usage: go (travel) into a far country, journey.
Pronounce: ap-od-ay-meh'-o
Origin: from 590
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Psa. 80:8‑16• 8Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
 9Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
 10The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
 11She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
 12Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
 13The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
 14Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
 15And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
 16It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. (Psa. 80:8‑16)
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Song of Sol. 8:11‑12• 11Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.
 12My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred. (Song of Sol. 8:11‑12)
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Isa. 5:1‑7• 1Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
 2And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
 3And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
 4What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
 5And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
 6And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
 7For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry. (Isa. 5:1‑7)
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Jer. 2:21• 21Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me? (Jer. 2:21)
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Mark 12:1• 1And 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. (Mark 12:1)
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Luke 20:9• 9Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time. (Luke 20:9)
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Husbandman,
Tower,
Vineyard,
Wine-Press; Wine-Fat

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Hear.In this parable, in its primary sense, the householder denotes the Supreme Being; the family, the Jewish nation; the vineyard, Jerusalem; the fence, the Divine protection; the wine-press, the law and sacrificial rites; the tower, the temple; and the husbandmen, the priests and doctors of the law.
Matt. 13:18• 18Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. (Matt. 13:18)
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1 Kings 22:19• 19And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left. (1 Kings 22:19)
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Isa. 1:10• 10Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. (Isa. 1:10)
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Jer. 19:3• 3And say, Hear ye the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle. (Jer. 19:3)
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Hos. 4:1• 1Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. (Hos. 4:1)
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Psa. 80:8‑16• 8Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
 9Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
 10The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
 11She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
 12Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
 13The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
 14Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
 15And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
 16It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. (Psa. 80:8‑16)
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Song of Sol. 8:11‑12• 11Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.
 12My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred. (Song of Sol. 8:11‑12)
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Isa. 5:1‑4• 1Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
 2And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
 3And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
 4What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? (Isa. 5:1‑4)
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Jer. 2:21• 21Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me? (Jer. 2:21)
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Mark 12:1• 1And 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. (Mark 12:1)
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Luke 20:9‑18• 9Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.
 10And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.
 11And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
 12And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out.
 13Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.
 14But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
 15So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?
 16He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.
 17And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
 18Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. (Luke 20:9‑18)
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John 15:1• 1I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. (John 15:1)
husbandmen.
Matt. 23:2• 2Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: (Matt. 23:2)
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Deut. 1:15‑17• 15So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.
 16And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
 17Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it. (Deut. 1:15‑17)
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Deut. 16:18• 18Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment. (Deut. 16:18)
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Deut. 17:9‑12• 9And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire; and they shall show thee the sentence of judgment:
 10And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the Lord shall choose shall show thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee:
 11According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall show thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.
 12And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the Lord thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel. (Deut. 17:9‑12)
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Deut. 33:8‑10• 8And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
 9Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.
 10They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar. (Deut. 33:8‑10)
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Mal. 2:4‑9• 4And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.
 5My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
 6The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
 7For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
 8But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.
 9Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law. (Mal. 2:4‑9)
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Matt. 25:14‑15• 14For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
 15And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. (Matt. 25:14‑15)
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Mark 13:34• 34For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. (Mark 13:34)
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Luke 19:12• 12He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. (Luke 19:12)
• Again, the Lord bids them hear another parable, setting forth not merely their conduct toward God, but God's dealing with them, in a twofold form: first, in view of human responsibility as under law; and, secondly, in view of God's grace under the kingdom of heaven. The former is developed in the parable of the householder (vers. 33-41); the latter, in the king's marriage-feast for his son (Matt. 22: 1-14). (“Remarks on Matthew 21:23-46” by W. Kelly)
• It is a picture founded on and filling up the sketch of Isa. 5 — a picture of God's peculiar favours to Israel. (“Remarks on Matthew 21:23-46” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Hear another parable: There was a householdera who planted a vineyard, and made a fence round it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "a man, a householder."

W. Kelly Translation

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Hear another parable: There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and made a fence round it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country.