34And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.
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And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty. …
Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. …
What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard. …
And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 33-46)This parable plainly sets forth the sin and ruin of the Jewish nation; they and their leaders are the husbandmen here; and what is spoken for conviction to them, is spoken for caution to all that enjoy the privileges of the visible church, not to be high-minded, but fear. I. We have here the privileges of the Jewish church, represented by the letting out of a vineyard to the husbandmen; they were…
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