Matthew 21:32-34
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the harlots believed him; and even when you saw it, you did not afterward repent and believe him.
The Parable of the Wicked Tenants
33 “Hear another parable.[a] There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and let it out to tenants, and went into another country. 34 When the season of fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants, to get his fruit;
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- 21.33-44 This parable is really an allegory in which almost every detail represents something in God’s dealings with Israel.
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