Matthew 21:33 says, 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: Jesus told another parable, this time about a man who fixed up his property very nice and then rented it to husbandmen. Verse thirty-four adds, And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. When harvest time came near, the man sent his servants to collect what was owed to the man. Verse thirty-five declares, And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. The husbandmen beat one servant, killed another and stoned another. Verse thirty-six says, Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise. The owner sent more servants and they were treated the same way. He could have sent an bunch of armed servants, or maybe even have gone to the authorities, but he once gain sent servants instead of coming in power against the husbandman. Verse thirty-seven declares, But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. Finally the owner sent his son saying that surely they would reverence him. Verse thirty-eight declares, 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. Instead of reverencing the son, the husbandmen decided to kill him and seize his inheritance. Verse thirty-nine adds, And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. They caught the son, cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. Verse forty asks, When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen? When the Lord of the vineyard came, and he certainly would, what did those hearing the parable think that he would do to the husbandmen? Verse forty-one says, 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. They said that the owner would utterly destroy the wicked man and let the vineyard out to others that they might collect the harvest for the owner. Verse forty-two declares,. 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? Jesus asked these religious leaders if they had never read in the scriptures where it said that the stone that they rejected would be the head of the corner, or cornerstone, and that it would be marvelous in their eyes. Verse forty-three adds, Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. Jesus told the chief priests and scribes that the kingdom of God would be taken from Israel and given to a nation bringing forth fruit for the kingdom of God. In the parable God was the Owner, Israel was the husbandmen, Jesus was the Son, and the Gentiles were the ones the land was given to to bring forth the harvest. Verse forty-four continues, And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. Anyone who fell on the Stone would be broken, but anyone that the Stone fell on would be ground into powder. If we fall on Jesus for salvation, we are broken to self and sin, and if we do not fall on Him and accept Him as our Savior and Lord, then one day we will face Him as our judge. Verse forty-five declares, And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them. When the chief priests and Pharisees heard the parable, they knew that Jesus spoke about them. In order for the sacrifice of Christ on the cross\s to have meaning to us, we must first recognize that it applies to us. Verse forty-six concludes, But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet. The chief priests sand Pharisees would have taken Jesus, just like the husbandmen in the parable, but they feared the crowds, who at this time were still following Jesus.
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