In the days between Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem (what we now call Palm Sunday) and the last supper, the Gospel of Matthew has Jesus and the elites encountering each other in the Temple. They have a series of exchanges. The elites ask Jesus who authorized him to teach. Jesus responds with three parables that focus […]
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The Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard
You can find a very brief introduction to what a parable is, here. This week’s parable (Matthew 20: 1-16) is sometimes called the parable of the laborers in the vineyard. You can read the parable here. The titles of parables are shorthand labels that we can use to refer to the parable. They are not […]