Now at harvest he sent a servant to the tenant farmers, that they should give to him from the fruit of the vineyard; but, the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed. Luke 20:10 The perfectly reasonable expectation was to receive a share of the increase due to the master’s ownership of the vineyard.…
But He began to tell the people this parable, ‘A man planted a vineyard, and leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a considerably long journey;’ Luke 20:9 Jesus is telling this as a follow up to the question just asked of Him. He had no intention of leaving that subject quickly. By the…
And Jesus said to them, ‘Nor shall I tell you in which authority I do these things.’ Luke 20:8 The way Jesus answers, He suggests that His authority parallels that of John. Many people are dissatisfied with this answer. But it is actually a very Divine way to answer. More truth is not given to…
So they answered that they did not know where it was from. Luke 20:7 This is one of the saddest verses in the Bible. After all the Truth that God had made available to mankind, many of Christ’s own people could not recognize Him. The resistance to the Truth is real. Even having Jesus, the…
But if we say ‘from men’ all the people will stone us to death because they are convinced John was a prophet. Luke 20:6 The Jewish leaders had no problem with ignoring the beliefs of the people. But they definitely didn’t want to rock the boat. They were not wrong in their estimation of the…
But they discussed it among themselves, saying ‘ If we say ‘from heaven’ He will say ‘For what reason did you not believe him?’ Luke 20:5 Makes sense. Why didn’t they believe him? What more would John or Jesus have had to do in order to convince these men. Jesus asks them very pointedly in…
The baptism of John was from heaven; or was it from men? Luke 20:4 The way Jesus asks this He suggests that ‘from heaven’ is the correct answer. He likely said it in such a way that anyone listening would know this. This, He incurred no negative response from the people, and yet left a…
But He answered and said to them, ‘I also will ask you one, and you answer Me.’ Luke 20:3 Some might view this as a way to avoid conflict, or even to keep from claiming divinity, but neither is the case. Jesus knew their intent with this question, but His answer would get to the…
Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things, or who is it that gave you this authority? Luke 20:2 This is actually a really good question, even if the goal was to catch Jesus equating Himself with God so as to have, in their minds, legal course to kill Him. It is the…
And it happened on one of the days that He was teaching in the temple and preaching the gospel, that the priests and the scribes together with the elders stood and spoke to Him, saying, Luke 20:1 This was an organized event intended to catch Jesus. It could give the Jewish leaders an opportunity to…