<P> All the synoptic versions of the parable state that the priests of the Sanhedrin understood that Jesus' parable was directed against them, and thus that they are the husbandmen . The term husbandman is translated as tenant or farmer in the New International Version and as vine - grower in the New American Standard Bible . Workers often tended absentee estates and if the owner had no heirs the workers would have the first right to the land . The tower and the winepress have been interpreted as "sanctuary" and "altar", respectively . </P> <P> The description of the vineyard is from Isaiah 5 . Using a vineyard as a metaphor to describe Israel was a common practice for religious discourse at the time . It could also be God's covenant, or perhaps the world itself . The produce made at the vineyard might be a metaphor for all the good produced by the people, which the authorities are not sharing with God, and trying to keep for themselves . </P> <P> The owner of the vineyard is God and the son is Jesus . The traditional interpretation about the owner leaving the vineyard is expressed by Erasmus to argue that God leaving humans the free will to act, as is said by Bede the Venerable: "He seems to leave the vineyard so as to leave the keepers of the vineyard free choice of action ." </P> <P> A common interpretation of the servants is that of the Jewish prophets, although they could be all of God's preceding messengers . The meaning of the "others" who will be given the vineyard is debated . Some proposed interpretations have seen them as other Jews, or Christians, or maybe even the Jewish Christians . They are usually seen as the new Christian community . </P>

What is the meaning of the parable of the wicked vinedressers