The beloved physician Luke wrote how Jesus began, “to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time. And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty. And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty. And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out. Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him. But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours”, and in chapter twenty and verse fifteen of his book Luke shared how the husbandmen, “cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him” where we read:
So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?
The verse reads, “So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him.” Luke began with the words, “so they cast him out of the vineyard” or “even so and indeed the vine dressers threw and drove the son out of the field with vine fruit”, “and killed him” which means “and destroyed, extinguished, abolished, slayed and put to death the beloved son”. Luke shared how Jesus said the “vine dressers” not only “threw” the “beloved son of the master” out of the “vineyard”, but they “killed” him as well.
The verse continues, “What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?” Luke added the words, “what therefore” or “then, wherefore and on account of this what” “shall the lord of the vineyard” which means “will the one to whom a person or thing belongs about which he has power of deciding or master of the field of vine fruit” “do unto them” or “make ready, produce and perform toward the vine dressers”? Luke shared how Jesus asked the “religious leaders” what they thought the “master” of the vineyard would do to the “vine dressers” because of what they did to his beloved son.
When we think through Luke's words in this verse, we come to the point of Jesus' “parable”. He asked the “chief priests, scribes and elders” what they thought the “master” of the “vineyard” would do after the “tillers of his field” mistreated and “killed” his son. We can imagine how angry the “master” would have been when he knew his son was “killed”, and this is very much like when God sent His Son Jesus to the world not only to be mistreated, but also to be “killed” on the cross by the very people He came to save. People were separated from a relationship with God, and He sent Jesus to pay the penalty of death for their sins so they may have everlasting life with Him. Anyone who receives Jesus as their personal “Savior and Lord” will be “saved”, and anyone who refuses and rejects Him will be like these “vine dressers” who shall face the wrath of the Master.
Next time Luke shares how the lord of the vineyard, “shall come and destroy these husbandmen”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
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All references are from "Strongs Concordance".
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