Parable of Wicked Vinedressers: Rejection and Repentance

In Matt 21:33-46 Jesus gives the second of three parables of the Kingdom. These parables give an increasing warning of judgment and the need of repentance characterized by fruit-bearing. They also give increasing information on the coming of the New Covenant Church's fulfillment of the Old Covenant nation of Israel.

This second parable adds an emphasis of rejection--rejection of Christ by Israel and rejection of Israel by God. And Christ and His Gospel are seen in a clear way, and the need for all sinners--Jew and Gentile--to repent and believe in Him, or else face judgment. Christ is presented as the cornerstone of salvation and the Church--another text that shows the centrality and glorious fulfilment of Christ and His Church in God's Word.

Matthew 21:33-46
Parable of Wicked Vinedressers: Rejection and Repentance.
I. Parable (vv33-41)
---A. The Setting (v33)
---B. The Servants (vv34-36)
---C. The Son (vv37-39)
---D. The Sentence (vv40-41)
II. Proclamation (vv42-46)
---A. The Rejection (v42)
---B. The Realization (vv43-44)
---C. The Reaction (vv45-46)