(Matthew 21: 33-46)

Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:  And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.  And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.  Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.  But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.  But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.  And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.  When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?  They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.  Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?  Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.  And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.  But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet. (Matthew 21: 33-46)

This parable is about the evil husbandmen. And the Pharisees and scribes were to take away the kingdom of God, and the Gentiles who bear fruit receive the kingdom of God. If we look at what the Bible says about the salvation of the Gentiles, the centurion's faith is introduced in Matthew 8: 11-12. The centurion was a Roman man, but his servant (Jewish) was sick, and he wanted to heal Jesus. By the way, he believed that "Jesus would be healed without saying," he said. So, Jesus heals a centurion servant's illness and speaks to the centurion.

 『And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 』This story means that the Gentiles are saved first.

Matthew 20:16 says, "The owner of the vineyard has chosen Denarion to do the daily work of the laborer and sent the laborer to the vineyard. The owner went out at 3, 6, and 9:00 to send the laborer to the vineyard. He sent them in to the vineyard at 11:00 pm, so those who came first knew that they would come and receive more money, and those who came later received one denarion, so that the first ones protested, and the owner did what he had promised. "

In the parable of the vineyard『So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen. 』 It means that the Jews are later, and the Gentiles are first. Luke 14:24『For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper. 』

Says in Isaiah 49: 6:『And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. 』 It is important to preach the gospel to the ends of the earth. There is a parable of the two sons before this parable. The eldest son said he would go first, but he did not go later. However, the little son said he would not go and repented and went. Jesus asked, "Who did the Father's will?" The Jews replied that they were the second sons.

Therefore, Jesus said that the publicans and prostitutes entered the heavens before the Pharisees. publicans and prostitutes refer to the second son. Serie and prostitutes did as the father intended. However, God gave the law to the first son, Israel. God wanted Israel to understand sin through the law and cry out in pain, but they did not. However, the tax collectors and prostitutes were in pain and cried out, and Jesus came to them. They have produced the proper fruits of repentance. They did not try, but they cried out to God. So the fruit of repentance can be understood as crying after realizing that you have left God. After Jesus said this parable, he did the parable of the evil husbandmen of the vineyard.『There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country 』(Matthew 21:33)

One landlord is God. Vineyard means Israel. There is a fence, in Ephesians 2:14『 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; 』 It broke the wall between Israel and the Gentiles, which means it broke the law. So, "hedged it round about" means that the law was given only to Israel. 『Digged a winepress in it』, wine is the word of God through the law. The Israelites go to the temple to do the Word of God, and "digged a winepress" can be symbolized as a temple.

The "built a tower" tower is the cottage. In Isaiah 1:8『 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city. 』 In the Bible, there are expressions of tabernacle and tabernacle. It is found in Leviticus 23: 42-43, Amos 9:11, Acts 15:16, and Matthew 17: 4.『Let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country』 (33) husbandmen represents the Israelites. God gave the Law to the Israelites, looked at whether they had followed the law in the temple, and, if they did not live, made a sacrifice.

『And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. 』(21:34) The fruit is "to realize that Israel is a sinner through the law." The servants are prophets. Israel killed the servants. God sent the last servant (John the Baptist) to cry out for repentance. Eventually, Israel killed John. However, God sent a son (Christ), who killed him.『when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. 』(38-39) Israel tried to take over the inheritance by killing the Son of God. They think that they can achieve God's righteousness through the law.

『And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. 』(39) The word outside the vineyard means that the sons were killed by borrowing the hands of the Gentiles (Bondio Pilate), not the Israelites.

In Acts 2:23,『 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: 』 The law is the law of God's wrath. Those without law refer to the Roman army. After Jesus gave this parable, he asked the Pharisees, "What would you do if you were like them?"『 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons. 』(21:41)

So Jesus said.『 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? 』(42) This is a quote from David's Psalm 118. In Psalm 118 22-23『 The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.  This is the LORD's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. 』Jesus is asking the Pharisees what this means. The Pharisees knew the meaning.

So when Jesus saw the reaction of the Pharisees, he said, "You will be taken away from the kingdom of God, and the people who bear the fruit of that nation will receive it." "The chief priests and Pharisees heard the parables of Jesus, and the Pharisees knew the meaning of these words, and they feared the crowd that followed Jesus, but they feared him as a prophet."

The Pharisees understood Jesus as a prophet, so they decided to kill him.

On the stone the builders abandoned, in 1 Peter 2: 7『 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, 』 Jesus Christ is the treasure for those who believe, but it is a stone that was abandoned for the unbelieving Pharisees. Israel was destroyed by the Roman attack and scattered.