Matthew 20:11

20:11 When ¹  they received it, they began to complain ²  against the landowner,

Matthew 13:27

13:27 So the slaves ³  of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from?’

Matthew 20:1

Workers in the Vineyard

20:1 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner ⁴  who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

Matthew 10:25

10:25 It is enough for the disciple to become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house ‘Beelzebul,’ how much more will they defame the members of his household!

Matthew 13:52

13:52 Then he said to them, “Therefore every expert in the law ⁵  who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his treasure what is new and old.”

Matthew 21:33

The Parable of the Tenants

21:33 “Listen to another parable: There was a landowner ⁶  who planted a vineyard. ⁷  He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then ⁸  he leased it to tenant farmers ⁹  and went on a journey.

Matthew 24:43

24:43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief ¹⁰  was coming, he would have been alert and would not have let his house be broken into.

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

² tn The imperfect verb ἐγόγγυζον (egonguzon) has been translated ingressively.

³ tn See the note on the word “slave” in 8:9.

⁵ sn The term landowner here refers to the owner and manager of a household.

⁷ tn Or “every scribe.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4. It is possible that the term translated “expert in the law” (traditionally, “scribe”) here is a self-description used by the author, Matthew, to represent his role in conveying the traditions about Jesus to his intended audience. See David E. Orton, The Understanding Scribe [JSNTSup].

⁹ tn The term here refers to the owner and manager of a household.

¹⁰ sn The vineyard is a figure for Israel in the OT (Isa 5:1-7). The nation and its leaders are the tenants, so the vineyard here may well refer to the promise that resides within the nation. The imagery is like that in Rom 11:11-24.

¹¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

¹² sn The leasing of land to tenant farmers was common in this period.

¹¹ sn On Jesus pictured as a returning thief, see 1 Thess 5:2, 4; 2 Pet 3:10; Rev 3:3; 16:15.