Matthew
21:33-46
Lesson 43
21:33-46
Lesson 43
Matthew 21:33-46
Two parables 33 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: 34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. 35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. 36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise. 37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. 38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. 39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. 40 When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen? 41 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons. 42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? 43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. 44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. 45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them. 46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet. |
Margin notes:
"There was a certain householder." (21:33) - "There was a certain landowner." "Hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it." (21:33) - "Built a hedge wall around it (the vineyard) and dug a winepress in it." "Let it out to husbandmen." (21:33) - "Leased it to farmers." "Will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen." (21:41) - "Will lease his vineyard to other farmers." "Render him the fruits in their seasons." (21:41) - "Give him his share of the crop at harvest time." "Did ye never read in the scriptures." (21:42) - Jesus is referring to the prophecy in Psalm 118:22 about Himself. There are 360 predictions in the Old Testament that came to pass in the New Testament. "Given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof." (21:43) - "Given to people who will bear fruit." "Whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken." (21:44) - As prophesied in Isaiah 8:14-15, Daniel 2:35, and 44-45. The stone represents Jesus. "It will grind him to powder." (21:44) - Means sinners will be punished. "They perceived that he spake of them." (21:45) - "They (the Pharisees) knew Jesus was talking about them." "But when they sought to lay hands on him." (21:46) - "But when they sought to arrest Him." "They took him for a prophet." (21:46) - The crowd believed Jesus was a prophet from God (John 7:40). |