MATTHEW 21 33-46

 a paraphrased ‘enter the story’

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33 - “Listen to another parable,” Jesus said. “There was a master/mister of a house who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a winepress, and built a tower. Then he leased it to caretaker tenants, and traveled to another country. 34 And when the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to get his share of the fruit. 35 But the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned yet another. 36 A little later he sent other servants, more than the first. But they did the same to them. 37 Finally he sent his son, saying, ‘They’ll respect my son!’ 38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and we’ll have his inheritance.’ 39 So they took him, threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. 40 So when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?” 41 The leaders (Pharisees, and chief priests) said to him, “He will put those wretches to a miserable death! And will let out the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him the fruits in their season.”

     42 Jesus said, “Have you never read in the Scriptures - ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the chief stone. This was the LORD’s doing, and it’s marvelous in our eyes’? 43 Therefore I’m telling you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and given to a people producing its fruits. 44 And whoever falls upon this stone will be broken, but when it falls upon someone, it will crush them.” {70 CE. judgment, cause and effect.}

     45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he was speaking about them. 46 And although they were seeking to arrest him, they feared the crowds, because they held him to be a prophet. (Afraid the crowd would stone them, Lk.20:6. They had powerful seats, and sought to retain those seats, but they couldn’t get too out of hand/iron fisted. Why Jesus’ arrest would be under cover of night.}

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Tomorrows verses - Matthew 22:1-10

My own studies. Been neglecting Psalms (jan 1-20, feb-20’s, mar-30’s, apr-40’s, etc. dec-120-150) and the Prophets.