Matthew 21:33
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:”
οἰκοδομέω
To build, to construct, to edify. Build one another up. Every believer is both a building and a builder. You are being built up and you are building others.
παραβολή
parable
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παραβολή
A parable, a comparison, a story with meaning. Jesus always taught in parables. A parable hides truth from the casual and reveals it to the hungry.
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φυτεύω
planted
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φυτεύω
to set out in the earth, i.e. implant; figuratively, to instil doctrine
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φραγμός
a fence
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φραγμός
a fence, or inclosing barrier (literally or figuratively)
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περιτίθημι
placed
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περιτίθημι
to place around; by implication, to present
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ἐκδίδωμι
he rented out
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ἐκδίδωμι
to give forth, i.e. (specially) to lease
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ὀρύσσω
he dug
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ὀρύσσω
to "burrow" in the ground, i.e. dig
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εἰμί
there was
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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γεωργός
to farmers
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γεωργός
a land-worker, i.e. farmer
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ληνός
a winepress
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ληνός
a trough, i.e. wine-vat
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οἰκοδεσπότης
a master of a house
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οἰκοδεσπότης
the head of a family
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πύργος
a tower
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πύργος
a tower or castle
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