And 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.

For the exposition, see the notes at Matthew 21:33.

The time of this section appears to be still the third day of Christ's last week-Tuesday. Matthew introduces the subject by saying (), "Then went the Pharisees and took counsel how they might entangle Him in His talk."

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