Verb apodēmeō (to go on a journey) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Matthew

21: 33"Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenants and went on a journey (apodēmeō).
25: 14"For it is as if a man, going on a journey (apodēmeō), summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them;
25: 15to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went on a journey (apodēmeō).

Mark

12: 1Then he began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a pit for the wine press, and built a watchtower; then he leased it to tenants and went on a journey (apodēmeō).

Luke

15: 13A few days later the younger son gathered all he had and went on a journey (apodēmeō) to a distant country, and there he squandered his property in dissolute living.
20: 9He began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, and leased it to tenants, and went on a journey (apodēmeō) for a long time.