A moment in scripture
Luke 20:9
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Then 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.
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The surrounding passage
- Luke 20:7
And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.
- Luke 20:8
And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
- Luke 20:10
And 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.
- Luke 20:11
And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.