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Connecting Statement:
To rebuke the religious leaders and illustrate their unbelief, Jesus tells a parable about rebellious servants. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parables)
a landowner
"a person who owned a piece of property"
a hedge
"a wall" or "a fence"
dug a winepress in it
"dug a hole in the vineyard to press the grapes"
rented it out to vine growers
"put vine growers in charge of the vineyard." The owner still owned the vineyard.
vine growers
These were people who knew how to take care of vines and grapes.