Listen
Matthew 21:33-46 “Listen to another parable: There was a
landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in
it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and went
away on a journey. 34 When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to
the tenants to collect his fruit. 35 “The tenants seized his servants; they
beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. 36 Then he sent other servants to
them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way. 37
Last of all, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said. 38 “But
when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This is the heir. Come,
let’s kill him and take his inheritance.’ 39 So they took him and threw him out
of the vineyard and killed him. 40 “Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard
comes, what will he do to those tenants?” 41 “He will bring those wretches to a
wretched end,” they replied, “and he will rent the vineyard to other tenants,
who will give him his share of the crop at harvest time.” 42 Jesus said to
them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: “‘the stone the builders rejected
has become the capstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our
eyes’? 43 “Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from
you and given to a people who will produce its fruit. 44 He who falls on this
stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.” 45
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus’ parables, they knew he
was talking about them. 46 They looked for a way to arrest him, but they were
afraid of the crowd because the people held that he was a prophet.
JESUS speaks two judgments on His people who reject him. Those
who fall on the stone – Jesus – will be judged for taking him lightly. They
must repent.
Those on whom the
stone falls are those who willfully reject Jesus. They will be crushed, judged
to eternal hell.
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