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-# Connecting Statement:
-
-Jesus speaks this parable against the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parables]])
-
 # Then Jesus began to teach them
 
 The word "them" here refers to the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders to whom Jesus had been talking in the previous chapter.
@@ -12,7 +8,7 @@ He put a barrier around the vineyard. It could have been a row of shrubs, a fenc
 
 # dug a pit for a winepress
 
-This means that he carved a pit on the rock, which would be the bottom part of the winepress used for collecting the squeezed grape juice. Alternate translation: "carved a pit into rock for the winepress" or "he made a vat to collect the juice from the winepress" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
+"carved a pit into rock for the winepress" or "he made a vat to collect the juice from the winepress" 
 
 # leased the vineyard to vine growers