Barnes New Testament Notes

Verse 6. This parable. See Barnes "Mt 13:3".

Vineyard. A place where vines were planted. It was not common to plant fig-trees in them, but our Lord represents it as having been sometimes done.

{d} "A certain man" Is 5:1; Mt 21:19 {e} "sought fruit thereon" Joh 15:16; Ga 5:22; Phi 4:17