- A Parable that Lays out the Problems (v9-18)
- A parable that says in effect:
“You’ve had opportunities…but you haven’t used them.
You’ve had warnings…but you haven’t heard them.
You had My Son…but you’ve rejected Him.
You’re going to die…but you’re not ready.”
- A parable that says in effect:
- A Plot Made to Serve God’s Pleasure (19-26)
- The chief priests & scribes summed up in Luther’s Hymn:
“The tyrants of this age, strut briefly on the stage;
Their sentence has been passed. We stand unharmed at last.
A word from God destroys them.
God’s Word & Plan, which they pretend is subject to their pleasure,
Will bind their wills to serve God’s end;
Which we, who love Him, treasure.”
- The chief priests & scribes summed up in Luther’s Hymn: