The Parable of Two Sons (The Last Week of Jesus Part 4) - Frank Brancato

As we begin this morning, we do so in marks account in Mark,

Mark 11 · chapter mention

chapter 11 and verse 27. The Bible says, then they came

again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the

temple, the chief priests the scribes, and the elders came to

him. This is a day that tradition

tells us was the cult was called the day of controversy, or it

was the day of questions. Jesus is probably walking into

the court of the Gentiles. And when it talks about the

temple, it's not talking about the temple proper.

It's not talking about the place of worship.

It is talking about the temple court and one of which was the

court of the Gentiles, that was the most, that was the biggest

place and that was the place that allowed the majority of the

people to go. Only Gentiles can go there.

Notice what happens, though? It's on Tuesday.

Jesus has just cleanse the temple and Marc records, the

third time that Jesus comes to that area.

And we could just picture in Our Minds Eye as he's walking across

the court of the Gentiles and he's teaching people and no

doubt. He is healing people, but on the

scene, he is addressed by the following, there were the chief

priests. They were the scribes and also

the elders, and they came to him an obvious formal delegation.

Now, let's talk about the chief priests who were, they the chief

priests were composed of the Current high priest.

The previous high priest. And also all the dignitaries

that the current high priest would have allowed to be in that

group. History tells us that the

majority of the chief priests were under the Jewish sect of

the Sadducees. We know the difference between a

Pharisee and a sadducee. The primary difference was the

Pharisees believed in the resurrection.

While the Sadducees. Did not the chief priests were

composed primarily of Sadducees their job.

Was the custodial rights to the temple.

They were the ones that had the temple and it was in custody to

them. That was one group of people

that were there. What about the scribes?

The scribes were the experts in the law.

They were the ones that studied the law.

They were the ones that interpreted the law and

interesting. In these two groups of people,

the chief priests being the Sadducees, the scribes were

primarily made up of Pharisees, but there was a third group to

and that were it. Was the elders, the elders were

the respective heads of the tribes or the heads of tribal

divisions. Now it is probably true.

As most Scholars said that, the chief priests are leading the

way. Now, I don't know how many

people were there. The Bible doesn't say.

So, it just says that it was plural.

So, we have a quite a few men, no doubt, and no doubt.

They're led by the chief priests.

And the reason for that is the cut.

The questions that are being asked, have nothing to do with

worship or law or the interpretation of the law, which

would have involved. The scribes is talking about the

custodial reich's of the temple. It's talking about in reference

to what Jesus just did. When he Just the temple.

And Mark chapter 11 and verse 28.

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Here is the first question and they said to him by, what

Authority are you doing these things and who gave you this

authority to do these things? Now we find that inevitably,

they asked Jesus for questions but the first two questions

specifically refer to the Lord's interference with the temple

market and you know, on the surface it might appear to be

very Very reasonable. I mean, after all, here comes a

Galilean and in their mind and so many people considered him,

just a Galilean Carpenter, here was a Galilean Carpenter and his

friends people in Galilee were not educated.

They didn't have higher education in Galilee.

In fact, you remember in Acts chapter 2, I love that remark.

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When they're speaking in tongues as the spirit gave them,

utterance they said aren't all these that speak Galilean.

In other words, they didn't teach languages in Galilee.

So there was no one that had any credentials at all came out of

Galilee and that's also what is meant when it says nothing?

Good came out of Nazareth but here's the Lord and he's on the

scene and they want to know, what are your credentials, who

gave you the authority, and what Authority do you have to do?

What you have? Just done in the cleansing of

the temple. Remember when Jesus came in and

he overturned the tables of the moneychangers that picture this

one of the Lord do. All of a sudden he comes in, he

overturned the tables of the moneychangers.

He says my father's house, shall be a House of Prayer.

You made it a den of Thieves. He overturned the chairs of

those that sold the doves and then he said, and get those

cages out of here. He ran the people out that were

the vendors that were selling in the market, there in the Gentile

area of the marketplace. There ran them out to read the

people out that were buying and selling and I ran the people out

there were making it some kind of a thoroughfare or shortcut to

go through from one city to the next.

That's what he just did. And they want to know.

Where did you get the authority? I want to know.

Where did you get it? What Authority do you have?

Who gave it to you? In other words, Jesus is showing

or demonstrating that he has Superior jurisdiction and they

want to know why he did such things.

Now, when you think about this, very idea, first of all,

understand in the temple. In the courtyard of the

Gentiles. Remember, it was a lucrative

bizarre business and it was actually called the Sons of

anise and I'll tell you something like I even mentioned

a couple weeks ago, I guess it was.

I quoted my father-in-law and my father-in-law always said.

If you want to get a man's attention, you tap him on the

wallet. If you really want to get

somebody's attention, you just alter or you just affect their

money. That's exactly what happened

here. It was called the bizarre of the

sons of anise and all these things were going on.

It was a very lucrative business in the Lord comes in and put a

stop to it. All, no doubt he has now, got

their attention. Now, where is his ordination?

Where's his credentials? They want to know that he can

interfere with temple protocol but there were something else.

They understood this to that. Jesus was unlike any man that

Lift. Remember when Jesus was

preaching, they said no man taught or spoke as Jesus did.

No one spoke with the authority of Jesus.

No one was like Jesus. And you know what, there's a lot

of people that follow Jesus for all manner of reasons while he

lived. In the last three years of his

life, one of the reasons that people follow Jesus was because

of his Charisma, you know, we talked about people that have a

charismatic personality people that just you're drawn to them

because of their personality. What if, what if you were Jesus

Christ and you have that charismatic personality and

people are drawn to you, but in addition to that, you have

healed their sick. People, you have fed their

hungry, you have raised their dead, you have caused blind eyes

to see. Don't you see?

The people that were rejecting? Jesus still realized, they had a

great problem because now people are following Jesus.

Remember Caiaphas. I don't understand this at all.

I don't understand this at all. After Jesus raised Lazarus from

the dead. Caiaphas said, he raised him

from the dead. He admitted it, he didn't say

that. People said he raised him from

the dead. Caiaphas said, he raised Lazarus

from the dead. That's what it says.

And then Caiaphas said, we got to do away with him.

We can't let this go. We can't let people follow this

movement. People, these people, these

Chief priests realize they had a problem.

But notice this, they want to know what his credentials are.

They want to know where he gave the authority?

They want to know all that stuff.

And this is the response but Jesus answered and said to them.

I will also ask you one question, then answer me and I

will tell you by what Authority I do these things then he said

the baptism of John, was the baptism of John from Heaven or

was it from man? And then he finishes by saying,

again, answer me. Now this phrase baptism of John

refers to the entire work and teaching as a whole of John and

it was symbolized. Obviously in the baptism of

repentance. Now they got a dilemma here, you

know why? Because the people considered

that John the Baptist was a prophet.

The people consider that, in fact, the Bible talks about John

the Baptist, it says it says that John the Baptist was

greater than all the men in the land and yet two things.

He says to Jesus I'm not even worthy of latching his sandals

as one translation renders it because the one that's coming

after me is mightier than I. I'm not even worthy to bearish

use. That was Jesus.

The Bible does record though, that there was no man like John

the Baptist and yet interestingly we find out in the

word of God. It says that the least in the

kingdom is greater than John the Baptist because John the Baptist

was never in the church. That's how he talks about

someone that's a Christian. Ian in the kingdom and that

great. But notice the people considered

John the Baptist a profit. Now here's the problem.

If they say that John the Baptist was not from heaven.

Now they got a problem with the people because the people

considered him to be a prophet. All right?

That's one thing, can't do that, can't say that.

Now, if they said wait a minute, John the Baptist was from

heaven. Then they have to admit

something else. A passenger, brother, Carl

quotes? Quite often at the table.

I love that. John the Baptist declared Jesus

as the Messiah. The world considered, John the

Baptist a prophet John, the Baptist considered Jesus, the

Messiah and in John 1 and 29. When he says, Behold the Lamb of

God, which takes away the sin of the world, they got a real

problem, they got a real dilemma.

If they said he's not from God. Now he got a problem with the

people because he's a prophet, if they say he was a God, then

they're going to say, wait a minute, John, the Baptist that

was from God said. That Jesus was the Messiah, so

all that happens. All that problem.

So they reasoned it out. They reasoned among themselves.

And if you go down a couple of verses, we find this in verse

33. So they answered and said to

Jesus, we do not know and Jesus answered and said to them.

Neither will I tell you by what Authority I do these things, I

think it's important to note the following They were not

concerned with what was true. Please get this.

They were not concerned with what was true.

Number two, they were not concerned with what was right.

Number three, they were only concerned with what was safe.

I read one comment. Are you always said, sit in

that, the perfect picture of the crowd pleaser or the hypocrite,

not really concerned about the truth that really concerned

about what's right? But only concerned with what was

safe, that's all I cared about. That's all they cared about what

was safe. In an attempt to save himself

from the Dilemma, you know they said they professed ignorance,

you've heard me say this you've heard me talk about ignorance

why does Jesus in John chapter 8, condemned ignorance because

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ignorance in that passage was willful.

And remember this, willful ignorance always runs

hand-in-hand with willful rejection.

That's fact. It's kind of like an agnostic.

That's a willful. Not know where you putting

yourself in a willful cat. Gory or willful classification

of a not knowing. That's exactly what they were

doing. They didn't have the guts to

stand for what was right there, really didn't care.

All they do is we got to do what's safe?

So they're going to say, well, we don't know, we don't know.

And they say, basically in essence, they were refusing to

tell Jesus and Jesus refuses to tell them and now we get to our

little sermon and, you know, it's a netley Matthew is the

only one that records, this little Parable.

The only one of the four gospel writers, and this is what

happens. He begins by saying, but what do

you Fake. You know, I'm going to tell you.

sometimes people think when they look at the writings and the

words of Jesus, And the sermons that Jesus preached.

Sometimes people think that they were just very simple.

And not very profound and that is not true.

Some of the deepest most profound teaching and all the

Bible, our come from Jesus, and many of them came in the last

week. When he preached in these

parables, Don't mistake the fact that he made it sound so simple.

As something that was not profound.

It was extremely profound. So they said where did you get

the authority? He said all answer that just

tell me this did baptism of John.

Was it from heaven or men? They said well we can't tell

Jesus is neither. I tell you.

But then he said well what do you think?

What do you think? A man had two sons, he's got to

give a tail here of two sons, and it came to the first son.

And he said, Son, go work today in my Vineyard first of all, I

love this because he begins the parable, he begins his sermon

with the phrase. What do you think?

He asked him a question? You know, what's going to happen

in a few verses? He's going to end and conclude

the sermon with another question that can fix them but he begins

with What do you think? Now, the story at the very

beginning seems to have little to do with the previous conflict

between them but quickly, it does in a scathing rebuke of

hypocritical leaders. Now the phrase two sons

literally means children. Now those of us that have

children picture this, he got two kids, you got two kids and

you tell two kids, you tell both of them the same thing to do and

you get two different responses Jesus is Saying I got I got one

for you. What do you think?

If a man has two sons now the first Sun represents The

sinners. Represents a sinner.

The second one represents the religious leaders and little did

they know he's preaching about Sons, he's preaching about

children. He's talking about working in a

Vineyard. He's going to make a very

profound point. He goes to the first son and he

tells the first son, I want you to go and work in my Vineyard

now. This is a picture of Sinners

too, because sometimes when Jesus was on the face of this

Earth and also John the Baptist there were those that were

rebellious at first but later they would repent and Obey and

then he have the religious Elite and they profess to be Godly and

actually, in contempt of his law.

But the parable here shows that God is not interested in what

somebody claims to do, that's just lip service.

Nobody cares about that. God is not concerned with, or

interested in what somebody professes, they will do.

He's only interested in which someone professes or someone

demonstrates that they will do whatever you do.

That's what the Lord is concerned with when a man

actually does. Now here the father speaks to

the first son and we learned from verse 30 that they both

had. They both have equal opportunity

to work. Both have the opportunity to do

their father. What their father has asked

their compliance is simply a product of attitude and you know

what? It's a product of Free Will.

And I have to make this point, please understand this people do

exactly what they want. That's a fact. sometimes people

say well, I can't no it's not a matter of you can't you won't

You won't. In my short little life, 51

years, I'm going to tell you, I have always done, just about

what I wanted. Sometimes I have Justified an

accent, I didn't have a choice but yeah you have a choice.

We all have choices in this little scenario, the two

children, the two sons, they both have different attitudes to

what the father had told them different attitudes.

Now free will is going to reign in each case in Matthew 21 and

verse 29. I want you to notice this he

answered and said look, I will not When Scholars said this

Fowler said, it's better rendered in the original and I

love this because I think it's true.

It's better rendered in the in, in the original.

I don't want to I don't want to now.

Folks, I'm going to tell you something, I don't do this very

often, I'ma do it. Now I might ask you to listen to

me. I'm going to ask you to really

listen to me. The reason that preaching on

things like church, attendance doesn't work.

Is because it's not the problem. It's not.

It is the outward manifestation of a greater problem, and that's

the heart. And what we do, please listen,

we justify our behavior and our choices by saying we didn't have

a choice. We didn't have a choice.

Something came up Beyond My Control.

But I'ma tell you something, if you really wanted to do

something in your life, if you really wanted something you

would do everything, it took you to get their heating, you get it

done. I have never not done what I

really wanted to do. That's fact when the first son

says, I will not what you saying is, I don't want to I'm not

going in the vineyard and work for you.

Father, because I don't feel like it Okay, just a little

50-cent tour, little free little freebie there.

I'ma tell you, it's the truth. It's the truth.

And it's not it's everywhere. It's the heart of man is where

people's hearts are. If your hearts are in a certain

place, you'll do exactly what the heart wants.

You'll be led in that direction. That's a fact. so if you have a

problem with decision, just because you got a problem with

your heart, All of us here. He says, I don't want to,

there's no respect for his father here.

Only blatant exercise of selfish will.

But you know, even hearts of ice can melt in time in that great.

The father patiently allowed his sons bitterness to convict.

Watch What Happens. The first thing he says is I

will not but then afterward he regretted it and he went Now the

word regret in the new King. James is the word in the Old

King James and the English language.

The word repent. But the word repent here is not

the typical word for repentance in the Bible, or the Bible talks

about repentance. And what do we say?

When we talk about repentance, we're talking about, don't

misunderstand me on this. We're talking about someone that

has a change of their heart, which is a change of mind that

leads to a change of action. We know that that's repentance.

How many times have you heard me?

Say, repentance is not being sorry?

Okay. What's this mean in the new King

James? It says regret in the Old King

James, it says repent. So what are we talking about?

It is talking about this, this young, man, whoever, however, he

was this first son, had deep remorse because of his decision

prior You ever have deep remorse?

You see, this is a picture of how he felt.

And not necessarily the outward demonstration of a change

although it did lead to a change but the word is Regret.

Meaning he had deep remorse. He had deep remorse. now, may I

say That deep remorse is only profitable and productive. when

you act upon it and change your behavior, Deep remorse is only

worth anything. If you change your behavior,

you're the perfect example of the flip side of that is about

Judas. You think Judas had regret?

You think Judas had remorse. Absolutely.

He's he took the thirty pieces of silver back to them and he

said, I have sinned, I have testified and sinned against the

blood of Jesus, the innocent blood And they said so what see

you to it and he throws the money down.

It becomes Blood Money. And then he goes out and he was,

he do change his life, no. Feel bad.

Yeah, I thought rotten and he hung himself.

He took his own life. Remorse is only productive if it

produces Behavior, but the word he regretted is talking about

deep remorse. What we find out there are other

passages that speak of a word like, this, or describes this.

How about what Paul said in second Corinthians chapter 7?

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You know what he called it, he called this deep remorse, he

called it Godly sorrow. What else remember when John,

the Baptist was preaching the Forerunner to Jesus the cousin

of Jesus, six months, older than Jesus before. 4Runner.

You know what he called it. He called it this he called the

idea of deep remorse and godly sorrow.

He called it fruits, worthy of repentance. in other words, you

feel bad enough to make a difference.

You feel bad enough to change her life.

Feeling bad is not good enough. And I want to say this, too.

Sometimes people. Have a hard time, forgiving

themself. For past decisions and behavior.

I understand that I do, I totally understand that.

But everything in the word of God regarding remorse is off for

the purpose of making the change.

In other words, make the change and then God accepts the change.

It's not a matter of beating yourself up for thinking.

Awful of yourself for the rest of your life.

It ain't about that at all. It's this.

You have deep remorse. It's Godly sorrow.

And what's it going to do? It's going to pursue and it's

going to come out in fruits. Worthy of repentance, you going

to change your life. Again.

Guilt is good. World says.

Oh no. We don't want.

No, no, no, no. We don't want you to be guilty.

Yeah, guilt is good. You know why?

Because that's what that little voice inside of me with my

conscience and my guilt. That's what says, you know, what

I've done wrong. I'm going to change my life.

I feel bad about it. I'm going to make it right and

then make it, right? And you know I get to do, I get

to feel good again. so, if we would just follow the Bible, the

Bible pattern, Now, here we go, this son said here, it says he

regretted any went. Well let's talk about the Second

Son but then he came to the second and he said, likewise and

he answered and said I go sir, but he did not go, there's an

amazing piece piece here. I want to, I want to make a

point of first of all. First of all, the idea here in

the word, I the word I is in phatak in the Sentence.

And what that means, that means he is elevating himself.

It is emphatic, in the sentence of I go now, interesting about

that. About I go.

He's basically saying this one scholar, put it like this, a

better rendering would be this. My brother did not go but I

certainly will. In other words, this is in, this

is in fatik, in a sentence meaning, it is elevating

himself. It's kind of like this, you

didn't, but I will. Look at me.

I will the same thing. I certainly will.

It's kind of like the guy that raises himself.

Higher than somebody else do you?

Are you thinking right now when I'm thinking about you thinking

about a certain example, Jesus gave We're somebody elevating

himself above what he thought everybody else was my mind.

Goes to the Pharisee and the Publican, I'm not gonna go into

that, but that's what I, that's where my mind goes.

They, both go into the temple to pray.

The Pharisee says, I thank you that.

I'm not like all the terrible rotten rotten rotten rotten

rotten people with the world. Ain't even that guy over there.

The hapless Publican, right? And then the Publican smote his

breast as an outward sign of an inward, anguish and says God be

merciful to me The Sinner, okay? The Pharisee elevated himself

above the public, enter the tax collector, the same phraseology

and meaning is found in this word I he's talking about the

Second Son. Their second son, is elevating

himself in word alone that he's better than the first son and

said he didn't go, but I will. And then we come to this word

here. Now, this on the surface, sounds

like he's being very respectful but this works sir is the Curry.

The Greek word and it means a superficial word of respect.

In other words, it's just a word.

It is just show. There's no sincerity at all.

Now, it's going to make sense when we describe who this is But

this is just a little story, all of a sudden there he is.

Telling and preaching the idea is the whole thing is an act.

Now, it doesn't say if this son intended to actually obey his

father at the time, it doesn't say, and it really doesn't

matter. all that matters is he disobeys just like the Pharisees

as they say and they do not Jesus would speak about

Pharisees and he would say what they say, do it because they

know the law, they know the law, every aspect of it but don't

follow their example, why they say and they do not So really

the idea is. Who's going to do the will of

the father? The first son says, I'm not

doing it. Why I don't want to but later,

he regrets it with sorrow and he goes The second census, hold

this guy over here my brother. He didn't go, I'll go even use

the word sir as appear as a point of respect.

But he doesn't go. Jesus preaches.

All of that. And then Jesus says this, he

says, which of the two did the will of his father.

The Lord story ends the same way that it began.

And that's what the question. The question to the.

And the answer, the question is obvious and the answer.

The question is immediate Jesus wants to know who did the will

of the father and they said, well, the first The first.

Don't you see answering the Lord's question though, by doing

that the leaders convict themselves?

Because they were just like the second son.

And then Jesus says this, He said to them, assuredly, I say

to you that tax collectors and harlots enter the kingdom of God

before you. Picture this they thought they

were leading the Messianic parade and others were

following, but much to their surprise.

The Lord expresses just the opposite to most unlikely.

People are already leading the way they are sinners.

They are harlots. They are Tax Collectors because

they accepted the ministries of both, John the Baptist and

Jesus. So now all of a sudden, yes,

who's leading the way one scholar said, the Sinners are

proceeding the sand. Beatrice.

It must engage these leader in Rage.

These leaders, No Doubt. Because he mentions tax

collectors and prostitutes. I thought this was kind of

ironic You know, the only gospel writer that wrote this Parable

was Matthew and Matthew was also a tax collector.

You think Matthew changed his life?

Oh, he absolutely changed life. What about that?

Little I was a kid shaky change his life. he sure did because

Jesus says today, salvation has come to your house What's he

talking about folks? The first son represents someone

that rejects makes bad choices. But now says I've regretted it,

I'm going to make a change. I'm going to make a change.

Harlots and prostitutes Fowler called typify Brazen in purity.

And they're mentioned together. They become a proverbial phrase

that describes all that is vile. Load some alien, to the feelings

of the pure respectable and even the Patriotic, according to

Broaddus, yet Jesus uses these types of people.

He says that they have advantage.

And here's why here's why for John came again to you in the

way of righteousness. And you did not believe him, but

tax collectors and harlots believed.

Him. And when you saw it, you did not

afterward relent and believe notice.

John came preaching, the message of the Kingdom, Jesus came

preaching. The message message of the

Kingdom, they had two opportunities and they rejected

them both. But tax collectors and harlots.

They were the ones who went out. They were the ones that were

baptized in the River. Jordan confessing their sins.

Listen to this. Maybe this is you.

I have no idea. Those that are most blinded by

sin. Are the ones who most clearly

see their need for forgiveness. You ever known someone that

lived a really hard life. And made some really bad

choices. And lived a life of sin. but

they come to the realization, I need to be forgiven and they

find out they can They find out that in Jesus Christ.

They can be completely forgiven. So They seized the opportunity,

they obey the gospel and they become a phenomenal service for

the cause of Christ. I'ma tell you something folks,

sometimes the people that this world kicked around a little bit

Become some of the greatest Christians later on in life.

At the time. Oh, blinded by sin. but in time,

See Clearly they're needed for forgiveness.

That folks that is a picture of the tax collectors and the

harlots. Notice this John Kane.

I speaking to these religious leaders here, John came to you

in the way of righteousness and you didn't believing, you didn't

even believe it all. Then it says, but tax collectors

and harlots believed him. Now they're going to get another

chance, watch this. And when you saw it, you did not

afterward relent and believe him, you messed up twice yet two

choices yet to Chances and you didn't, you didn't believe John.

When he came, you didn't believe John.

After he didn't believe me, either.

Is the entire point. Fowler wrote this.

What moral perversity it must take to mingle among the

participants in the nation's greatest moral Revival and

remain. Totally.

Unaffected by it and worse publicly disclaim all ability to

discern its origin in God. Have you ever known someone

folks? That they, you take them the

word of God, you try to study with them, they hear sermon

after sermon, the invitations are extended and all that and

they just unfazed. Or like Joe.

Hisle said to me one time. Oh I just don't see it. as some

would say, they didn't see it. But please understand, it's not

because they couldn't it's because they wouldn't, and that

was willful rejection. What?

An amazing sermon. What an amazing response to the

question that they said, what Authority are you doing?

The things you're doing? Who gave you the authority to

do? What you did.

Jesus, you just cleanse the temple.

You've taken over here. We got the credentials, you

don't? And Jesus says only answer, you

just answer me one question. Baptism of John, was it a man

from Heaven, man? Or from Heaven, they said, oh,

we got a big problem. Got a big dilemma.

So they said I, we don't know. We cannot tell Jesus.

I can't tell you either. But what do you think about

this? What do you think about this?

Man has two, sons tells the sons to go into the vineyard and

work. The first son, says not me.

I'm not doing it then later regrets.

It and goes the second son says I will.

Absolutely, I'm better than him. But he doesn't go.

And then he says tell me which one did the will of his father

and they said the first. So all that being said, let's

wrap it up in conclusion. This is not by the way, please

get this. This is not a picture

contrasting. The rejection that the Jews had

to the gospel in contrast to the Gentiles acceptance of the

Gospel. That's not, what's being

contrasted hear? What's being contrasted here?

Is this something very specific? It's talking about a contrast of

the worst within Jewish Society, who were they Hey.

Harlots publicans and sinners. Now, this is all represented in

the first son, okay? So it's a contrast contrast

between the very worst, the centers and that is a picture

that Jesus describes with the first son, that is in contrast

is the reason for a sermon that is in contrast to the following

the very best in Jewish Society, who were they, they were the

religious leaders. It is a cotton, is it is a

contrast or comparison between the two?

Now who were the religious leaders described them as they

The second son. That's the reason for the

parable. And it's aimed at rebuking the

hypocritical Jewish leaders. Now.

The next Parable is going to talk about the difference

between the Jew and the Gentile in the wicked Vine, dressers

that's coming. But in this case folks he's just

talking about two different people.

He's talking about two classes of people.

One that the world thought that they were just Sinners, terrible

people. And the other was the religious

Elite, and Jesus says that the publicans and the harlots and

the Sinners will go to the kingdom before, Are you why they

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