Synoptic Sayings - The Parable of the Vineyard

271	PARABLE of the VINEYARD
Matt 21		Mark 12		Luke 20
33	"Hear	1	And he began to speak	9	And he began to tell
	another parable.		to them in parables.		the people this parable:
	There was a householder		"A man		"A man
	who planted a vineyard,		planted a vineyard,		planted a vineyard,
	and set a hedge around it		and set a hedge around it,
	and dug a wine press in it,		and dug a pit for the wine press,
	and built a tower,		and built a tower,
	and let it out to tenants,		and let it out to tenants,		and let it out to tenants,
	and went into		and went into		and went into
	another country.		another country.		another country.
					for a long while.
34	When	2	When	10	When
	the season of fruit drew near,		the time came,		the time came,
	he sent his servants		he sent a servant		he sent a servant
	to the tenants,		to the tenants,		to the tenants,
	to get		to get from them		that they should give him
	his fruit;		some of the fruit of the vineyard.		some of the fruit of the vineyard;
35	and	3	And		but
	the tenants took his servants		they took him		the tenants
	and beat one,		and beat him,		beat him,
			and sent him away		and sent him away
			empty-handed.		empty-handed.
		4	Again he sent to them	11	And he sent
			another servant,		another servant;
			and they wounded him		him also they beat
			in the head,
			and treated him shamefully.		and treated him shamefully,
					and sent him away
					empty-handed.
		5	And he sent another,	12	And he sent yet a third;
	killed another,		and him they killed;
	and stoned another.				this one they wounded
					and cast out.
36	Again he sent other servants,		and so with many others,	13	Then
	more than the first;
	and they did the same		some they beat
	to them.		and some they killed.
					the owner of the vineyard said,
37	Afterward	6	He had still one other,		`What shall I do?
			a beloved son		I will send my beloved son;
	he sent his son to them,		finally he sent him to them,
	saying,		saying,
	`They will respect my son.'		`They will respect my son.'		it may be they will respect him.'
38	But when the tenants	7	But those tenants	14	But when the tenants
	saw the son,				saw him
	they said to themselves,		said to one another,		they said to themselves,
	`This is the heir;		`This is the heir;		`This is the heir;
	come, let us kill him,		come, let us kill him,		let us kill him,
	and have his inheritance.		and the inheritance will be ours.'		that the inheritance may be ours.'
39	And they took him	8	And they took him	15	And they
	and cast him out*		and killed him,*		cast him out*
	of the vineyard,*		and cast him out*		of the vineyard,*
	and killed him.*		of the vineyard.*		and killed him.*
40	When therefore
	the owner of the vineyard	9	What will the owner	16	What then will the owner
	comes, what will he do		of the vineyard do?		of the vineyard do
	to those tenants?"				to them?
41	They said to him,
	"He will put those wretches		He will come		He will come
	to a miserable death,		and destroy the tenants,		and destroy the tenants,
	and let out the vineyard		and give the vineyard		and give the vineyard
	to other tenants		to others.		to others.
	who will give him the fruits
	in their seasons."
					When they heard this,
					they said, "God forbid!"

Canonical gospel selection in the Revised Standard Version
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Color Code
Blue	Three texts use same vocabulary.
Teal	Two texts use same vocabulary.
Black	Words unique to a particular text.
	No parallel element in this gospel.
*	Same wording, different order.
271	Sequence in synoptic outlines