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another. Greek. alios. App-124.: i.e. a similar. The second parable spoken in the Temple.
householder = master of a house.
hedged it round about = placed about it a fence.
winepress. Septuagint for Hebrew. gath, the press, not the vat. Isa_5:2.
tower. For the watchmen. See Isa_1:8; Isa_5:2; Isa_24:20. Job_27:18.
let it out. There were three kinds of leases: (1) where the labourers received a proportion of the produce for their payment; (2) where full rent was paid; (3) where a definite part of the produce was to be given by the lessees, whatever the harvest was. Such leases were given by the year, or for life, or were even hereditary. From Mat_21:34 and Mar_12:2 the word "of" shows that the latter kind of lease is referred to in this parable.
went into a far country = went abroad, or journeyed. As in Mat_25:14, Mat_25:15. Mar_12:1; Mar_13:34. Luk_15:13; Luk_20:9.