45And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
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And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.
Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.
How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
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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