Luke 20:9-19
Let’s remember to pray for Jim and Marty.
“Notice what you notice.” I saw two items in Luke’s account of the Parable of the (Wicked) Tenants that were different from Matthew and Mark. First, in Matthew and Mark the tenants (vinedressers) killed one of the servants who was sent to collect the fruit of the harvest. In Luke, none of the servants were killed.
Second, in Luke, Jesus’ listeners (presumably the Jewish leaders) responded “Certainly not!” when Jesus suggests that the owner of the vineyard will kill those wicked tenants and hand the vineyard over to others. What a strange response to a man simply telling a parable!! Anyone is allowed to tell a story and finish it however he or she desires. But the response by the Jewish leaders proves the point made in all three Synoptic accounts, that the Jewish leaders understood that Jesus had spoken this parable against them! Luke’s quoting the Jewish leaders makes that point absolutely clear.
Slava Bohu!