For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.
Cross References
Matthew 21:33Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.
Luke 19:12So He said, "A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.
Treasury of Scripture
For the kingdom of heaven is as a man traveling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered to them his goods.
as.
Matthew 21:33
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:
Mark 13:34
For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
Luke 19:12,13
He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return…
and delivered.
Luke 16:1-12
And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods…
Romans 12:6-8
Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; …
1 Corinthians 3:5
Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
