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Proper 22
Pentecost 20
Ordinary Time 27
10.
Wicked Tenants
Matthew 21:33-46
"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
to another country.
34When the harvest time had come, he sent
his slaves to the tenants to collect his produce.
35But the
tenants seized his slaves and beat one, killed another, and
stoned another.
36Again he sent other slaves, more than the
first; and they treated them in the same way.
37Finally he sent
his son to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.' 38But when
the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, 'This is the
heir; come, let us kill him and get his inheritance.'
39So they
seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
40Now
when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those
tenants?"
41They said to him, "He will put those wretches to a
miserable death, and lease the vineyard to other tenants who will
give him the produce at the harvest time."
42Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the
scriptures: 'The stone that the builders rejected has become the
cornerstone; this was the Lord's doing, and it is amazing in our
eyes'?
43"Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken
from you and given to a people that produces the fruits of the
kingdom.
44The one who falls on this stone will be broken to
pieces; and it will crush anyone on whom it falls."
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45When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his
parables, they realized that he was speaking about them.
46They
wanted to arrest him, but they feared the crowds, because they
regarded him as a prophet.
The parable is found in Mark 12:1-12 and Luke 20:9-19 as
well as in Matthew.
Question is raised as to whether the parable
is given in its original form as told by Jesus or whether it is
embellished with additional details from the experience of the
church after the death and resurrection of Jesus.
The issue is in part concerned with one's belief about
predictive prophecy.
Did Jesus have prescience about what would
happen to the church after his death, or did the writers of the
parable adapt it to conform to events which they experienced and
that fit with the original parable?
The parable as it is given can be used as an allegory.
Its
details can be assigned to events and parties in the Old
Testament.
The concluding verses may be given added strength if
the gospels according to Matthew and Luke were written later than
70 A.D. as many authorities believe.
In 70 A.D. Jerusalem was
conquered by the Romans after an attempted revolt and the temple
was destroyed.
After that happened Christianity was increasingly
considered as separate from Judaism and no longer just as a sect
within Judaism.
Thus possibly v. 43 in Matthew and v. 18 in Luke
which are not in Mark (who probably wrote the gospel prior to 70)
were added by the writers in light of the events that happened
about the time that they wrote their Gospel account.
Context
Context of the Gospel
The parable is another that draws upon a parallel between
the image of a vineyard and the kingdom of God.
It continues the
response of Jesus to the question about his authority and his
rejection by the Chief Priests and scribes.
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It was increasingly evident to Jesus that he and his
followers would have to organize separately from the established
institutions of Judaism.
He no doubt was disappointed with the
developments and still hoped that he could persuade the
leadership to change and accept his vision of the kingdom.
With
the intensifying of the opposition, he held less and less hope
that such would be possible and believed that his death was
imminent, as in fact was the case.
Context of the Lectionary
The First Lesson.
(Exodus 20:1-4,7-9,12-20) The reading
gives the essentials of the ten commandments.
This is probably
the fence referred to in Matthew 21:33.
Laws set boundaries for
behavior in a way similar to fences which set boundaries to
prevent trespassing of territory.
The Second Lesson.
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