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==CHAPTER 38==

==CHAPTER 38==

Jesus, returning to the speaker's stand, spoke to the multitude:

Jesus, returning to the speaker's stand, spoke to the multitude:

*"You have this day witnessed that which is written in the Scriptures: `My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations, but you have made it a den of robbers.'"  

*"'''You have this day witnessed that which is written in the Scriptures: `My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations, but you have made it a den of robbers'''.'"  

And all this day, a day of quiet and peace in the temple courts, the people heard Jesus' teaching and literally hung on his words.         

And all this day, a day of quiet and peace in the temple courts, the people heard Jesus' teaching and literally hung on his words.         

    

    

====Challenging the Master’s Authority====

====[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_173#173:2._CHALLENGING_THE_MASTER.27S_AUTHORITY Challenging the Master’s Authority]====

A group of these elders of Israel made their way up near Jesus, and interrupting him in the customary manner, asked this question:  

A group of these elders of Israel made their way up near Jesus, and interrupting him in the customary manner, asked this question:  

*'''"By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?"'''

*"By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?"

Jesus:

Jesus:

*"Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things."

*"Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things."

====Parable of the Two Sons====

====Parable of the Two Sons====

The Master, turning his attention to the listening multitude, told another parable:

The Master, turning his attention to the listening multitude, told another parable:

*"There was a good man who was a householder, and he planted a vineyard. He set a hedge about it, dug a pit for the wine press, and built a watchtower for the guards. Then he let this vineyard out to tenants while he went on a long journey into another country. And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent servants to the tenants to receive his rental. But they took counsel among themselves and refused to give these servants the fruits due their master. Instead, they fell upon his servants, beating one, stoning another, and sending the others away empty-handed. And when the householder heard about all this, he sent other and more trusted servants to deal with these wicked tenants, and these they wounded and also treated shamefully. And then the householder sent his favorite servant, his steward, and him they killed. And still, in patience and with forbearance, he dispatched many other servants, but none would they receive. Some they beat, others they killed, and when the householder had been so dealt with, he decided to send his son to deal with these ungrateful tenants, saying to himself, `They may mistreat my servants, but they will surely show respect for my beloved son.' But when these unrepentant and wicked tenants saw the son, they reasoned among themselves: `This is the heir; come, let us kill him and then the inheritance will be ours.' So they laid hold on him, and after casting him out of the vineyard, they killed him. When the lord of that vineyard shall hear how they have rejected and killed his son, what will he do to those ungrateful and wicked tenants?"

*"There was a good man who was a householder, and he planted a vineyard. He set a hedge about it, dug a pit for the wine press, and built a watchtower for the guards. Then he let this vineyard out to tenants while he went on a long journey into another country. And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent servants to the tenants to receive his rental. But they took counsel among themselves and refused to give these servants the fruits due their master. Instead, they fell upon his servants, beating one, stoning another, and sending the others away empty-handed. And when the householder heard about all this, he sent other and more trusted servants to deal with these wicked tenants, and these they wounded and also treated shamefully. And then the householder sent his favorite servant, his steward, and him they killed. And still, in patience and with forbearance, he dispatched many other servants, but none would they receive. Some they beat, others they killed, and when the householder had been so dealt with, he decided to send his son to deal with these ungrateful tenants, saying to himself, `They may mistreat my servants, but they will surely show respect for my beloved son.' But when these unrepentant and wicked tenants saw the son, they reasoned among themselves: `This is the heir; come, let us kill him and then the inheritance will be ours.' So they laid hold on him, and after casting him out of the vineyard, they killed him. <u>When the lord of that vineyard shall hear how they have '''rejected''' and killed his son, what will he do to those ungrateful and wicked tenants?"</u>

   

   

When the people heard this parable and the question Jesus asked, they answered:  

When the people heard this parable and the question Jesus asked, they answered:  

Jesus saw a group of the Sadducees and Pharisees making their way through the crowd, and he paused for a moment until they drew near him, then said:

Jesus saw a group of the Sadducees and Pharisees making their way through the crowd, and he paused for a moment until they drew near him, then said:

*"You know how your fathers rejected the prophets, and you well know that you are set in your hearts to reject the Son of Man. Did you never read in the Scripture about the stone that the builders rejected, and which, when the people had discovered it, was made into the cornerstone? And so once more do I warn you that, if you continue to reject this gospel, presently will the kingdom of God be taken away from you and be given to a people willing to receive the good news and to bring forth the fruits of the spirit. And there is a mystery about this stone, seeing that whoso falls upon it, while he is thereby broken in pieces, shall be saved; but on whomsoever this stone falls, he will be ground to dust and his ashes scattered to the four winds."

*"You know how your fathers rejected the prophets, and you well know that you are set in your hearts to reject the Son of Man. <u>Did you never read in the Scripture about the stone that the builders rejected, and which, when the people had discovered it, was made into the '''cornerstone'''?</u> And so once more do I warn you that, if you continue to reject this gospel, presently will the kingdom of God be taken away from you and be given to a people willing to receive the good news and to bring forth the fruits of the spirit. And there is a mystery about this stone, seeing that whoso falls upon it, while he is thereby broken in pieces, shall be saved; but on whomsoever this stone falls, he will be ground to dust and his ashes scattered to the four winds."

 

 

Jesus addressed himself again to the assembled crowd and said:

Jesus addressed himself again to the assembled crowd and said:

After speaking this parable, Jesus was about to dismiss the multitude when a sympathetic believer, making his way through the crowds toward him, asked:  

After speaking this parable, Jesus was about to dismiss the multitude when a sympathetic believer, making his way through the crowds toward him, asked:  

*"But, Master, how shall we know about these things? How shall we be ready for the king's invitation? What sign will you give us whereby we shall know that you are the Son of God?"  

*<u>"But, Master, how shall we know about these things? How shall we be ready for the king's invitation? What '''sign''' will you give us whereby we shall know that you are the Son of God?"</u>

And when the Master heard this, he said:  

And when the Master heard this, he said: