And he began to speak unto them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a pit for the winepress, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.

And he gave them teaching in the form of stories. A man had a vine-garden planted, and put a wall about it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and put up a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.

Και ηρχισε να λεγη προς αυτους δια παραβολων· Ανθρωπος τις εφυτευσεν αμπελωνα και περιεβαλεν εις αυτον φραγμον και εσκαψεν υποληνιον και ωκοδομησε πυργον, και εμισθωσεν αυτον εις γεωργους και απεδημησε.

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.