The elites would have seen themselves in the parables as the farmers renting the vineyard from the landowner who was away. The people would have viewed themselves as the indentured workers who daily ...
The Gospel of Matthew has many of Jesus’ teachings about the Kingdom of Heaven. One such teaching is found in Matthew 20:1-16. This parable follows the Parable of the Rich Young Man and both deal with ...
The upcoming lectionary passage in Matthew 20:1-16 strikes me as timely. The attitude we see here—the attitude of the workers who worked all day and are angry about those who received the same pay for ...