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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• 8A vine out of Egypt thou broughtest;{HR}Thou didst drive out nations, and didst plant it.
 9Thou preparedst [space] before it,{HR}And it took deep root and filled the land.
 10Mountains were covered with its shadow,{HR}And its boughs [were] cedars of God .
 11It sent out its branches unto the sea,{HR}And its shoots unto the river.
 12Why hast thou broken down its fence,{HR}So that all who pass by the way shall pluck it?
 13The boar out of the forest wasteth it,{HR}And the wild beast of the field feedeth on it.
 14O God of hosts, return, we pray;{HR}Look down even from the heavens and see,{HR}And visit this vine,
 15Even the stock which thy right hand planted,{HR}And the plant (son) thou madest strong for thyself.
 16[It is] burned with fire, cut down:{HR}At the rebuke of thy face they perish. (Psa. 80:8‑16)
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Song of Sol. 8:11‑12• 11Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon,{HR}He let out the vineyard to keepers:{HR}Every one for its fruit was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.
 12My vineyard, which is mine, is before me:{HR}Thou, Solomon, shalt have the thousand,{HR}And the keepers of its fruit two hundred. (Song of Sol. 8:11‑12)
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Isa. 5:1‑7• 1I will sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My well beloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill;
 2and he dug it up, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine; and he built a tower in the midst of it, and also hewed a winepress therein; and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
 3And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between 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 let me tell you what I am about to 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 hoed; 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 Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold a cry. (Isa. 5:1‑7)
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Jer. 2:21• 21{i}And I, —I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed; how then art thou turned into the degenerate shoots of a strange vine unto me?{/i} (Jer. 2:21)
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Mark 12:1• 1{i}And he began to say to them in parables,{/i} A man planted a vineyard and made a fence round it, {i}and{/i} dug a wine-vat, {i}and{/i} built a tower, {i}and{/i} let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. (Mark 12:1)
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Luke 20:9• 9And he began to speak to the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard and let it out to husbandmen, and left the 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• 18{i}Ye, therefore, hear the parable of the sower.{/i} (Matt. 13:18)
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1 Kings 22:19• 19{i}And he said, Hear therefore the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him, on his right hand and on his left;{/i} (1 Kings 22:19)
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Isa. 1:10• 10Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrha. (Isa. 1:10)
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Jer. 19:3• 3{i}and say{/i}, Hear ye the word of Jehovah, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith Jehovah 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• 1{i}Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel;{/i} for Jehovah 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• 8A vine out of Egypt thou broughtest;{HR}Thou didst drive out nations, and didst plant it.
 9Thou preparedst [space] before it,{HR}And it took deep root and filled the land.
 10Mountains were covered with its shadow,{HR}And its boughs [were] cedars of God .
 11It sent out its branches unto the sea,{HR}And its shoots unto the river.
 12Why hast thou broken down its fence,{HR}So that all who pass by the way shall pluck it?
 13The boar out of the forest wasteth it,{HR}And the wild beast of the field feedeth on it.
 14O God of hosts, return, we pray;{HR}Look down even from the heavens and see,{HR}And visit this vine,
 15Even the stock which thy right hand planted,{HR}And the plant (son) thou madest strong for thyself.
 16[It is] burned with fire, cut down:{HR}At the rebuke of thy face they perish. (Psa. 80:8‑16)
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Song of Sol. 8:11‑12• 11Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon,{HR}He let out the vineyard to keepers:{HR}Every one for its fruit was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.
 12My vineyard, which is mine, is before me:{HR}Thou, Solomon, shalt have the thousand,{HR}And the keepers of its fruit two hundred. (Song of Sol. 8:11‑12)
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Isa. 5:1‑4• 1I will sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My well beloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill;
 2and he dug it up, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine; and he built a tower in the midst of it, and also hewed a winepress therein; and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
 3And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between 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• 21{i}And I, —I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed; how then art thou turned into the degenerate shoots of a strange vine unto me?{/i} (Jer. 2:21)
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Mark 12:1• 1{i}And he began to say to them in parables,{/i} A man planted a vineyard and made a fence round it, {i}and{/i} dug a wine-vat, {i}and{/i} built a tower, {i}and{/i} let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. (Mark 12:1)
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Luke 20:9‑18• 9And he began to speak to the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country for a long time.
 10And in the season he sent to the husbandmen a bondman that they might give to him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the husbandmen having beaten him sent [him] away empty.
 11And again he sent another bondman; but they having beaten him also, and cast insult upon him sent [him] away empty.
 12And again he sent a third, and they having wounded him also, cast [him] out.
 13And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do. I will send my beloved son: perhaps when they see they will respect [him].
 14But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir; let us kill him, that the inheritance may become ours.
 15And having cast him forth out of the vineyard they killed [him]. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do to them?
 16He will come and destroy those husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it they said, May it never be!
 17But he looking at them said, What then is this that is written? The stone which they that builded rejected, this has become the corner stone.
 18Every one falling on this stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall crush 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• 2{i}saying,{/i} The scribes and Pharisees sat in Moses' seat: (Matt. 23:2)
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Deut. 1:15‑17• 15{i}So I took the chiefs of your tribes, wise men and known, and made them chiefs over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers for your tribes.{/i}
 16{i}And I commanded your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and him also that sojourneth with him.{/i}
 17{i}Ye shall not respect persons in judgment: 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 matter that is too hard for you shall ye bring to me, that I may hear it.{/i} (Deut. 1:15‑17)
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Deut. 16:18• 18{i}Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes, that they may judge the people with just judgment.{/i} (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 Jehovah shall choose shall show thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee.
 11{i}according to the sentence of the law which they shall declare unto thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the word which they shall declare unto thee, to the right hand, or the left.{/i}
 12{i}And the man that shall act presumptuously, and not hearken unto the priest that standeth to serve there before Jehovah thy God, or unto the judge, that man shall die; and thou shalt put away evil from Israel.{/i} (Deut. 17:9‑12)
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Deut. 33:8‑10• 8And of Levi he said,{HR}Thy Thummim and thy Urim are for thy holy one,{HR}Whom thou didst prove at Massah,{HR}With whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
 9Who said of his father and of his mother,{HR}I have not seen him;{HR}Neither did he acknowledge his brethren,{HR}Nor know his own children;{HR}For they kept thy word,{HR}And guarded thy covenant.
 10They shall teach thy judgments to Jacob,{HR}And thy law to Israel:{HR}They shall put incense before thee,{HR}And whole burnt-offering 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 Jehovah 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 Jehovah 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 Jehovah 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 [it is] as [if] a man going abroad, called his own bondmen and delivered to them his goods.
 15And to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his several ability, and went his way. (Matt. 25:14‑15)
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Mark 13:34• 34[it is] as a man gone out of the country who left his house and gave authority to his bondmen, {i}and{/i} to each his work, {i}and commanded the doorkeeper that he should watch.{/i} (Mark 13:34)
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Luke 19:12• 12He said therefore, A certain high-born man 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 favors 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.