“But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours. And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.”
Introduction
This passage invites us into a parable that Jesus tells to expose the hardness of human hearts and the consequences of rejecting God’s messengers. set within a vineyard scene, it echoes prophetic imagery from the Hebrew Scriptures and points toward the coming fulfillment in Christ. As we listen, we are invited to examine our own response to God’s invitation and to trust in the steadfast justice and mercy of the Lord.