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 ...

I’m not sure why Jesus’ parable of the vineyard struck me differently this time. Perhaps it was because I was sitting in my favourite church.

What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’ Matthew 21:28 (NIV) Next in this reading, we encounter Jesus’ story of the ...