Devotions

“And he sent his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast, and they were unwilling to come.  Again he sent other slaves, saying, ‘Tell those…

“Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who held a wedding feast for his son” (Matthew 22:1-2). Many of Jesus parables…

“When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking about them.  And although they sought to arrest Him, they feared the crowds, since…

“Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruit.  And the one who falls on this…

“Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘A stone which the builders rejected, This has become the chief cornerstone; This came about from the Lord, And…

“Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-growers?”  They said to Him, “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end and lease…

“And they took him and threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him” (Matthew 21:39). Jesus, the One through whom all things have their being, was taken out and…

“Again, he sent other slaves, more than the first; and they did the same things to them.  But afterward he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my…

“And when the harvest time approached, he sent his slaves to the vine-growers to receive his fruit.  And the vine-growers took his slaves and beat one, killed another, and stoned…

“Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it, and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and…