The Wicked Tenants (21:33-46)

The Gospel According to Matthew
Jesus for President (Part 57: The Wicked Tenants)

A. Jerusalem’s Celebration (Matt. 21:1-11)
B. Jesus’ Anger at Jerusalem (Matt. 21:12-17)
C. Condemns Fig Tree (Matt. 21:18-22)
D. Questioning Jesus (Matt. 21:23-27)
E. Parable of 2 Sons (Matt. 21:28-32)
F. Wicked Tenants (Matt. 21:33-46)
E. Parable of Wedding Feast (Matt. 22:1-14)
D. Questioning Jesus (Matt. 22:15-46)
C. Condemns Religious Leaders (Matt. 23:1-36)
B. Jesus’ Compassion for Jerusalem (Matt. 23:37-39)
A. Jerusalem’s Destruction (Matt. 24:1-35)

Landowner = Father
Vineyard = Israel
Tenants = Leaders
Servants = Prophets
Son = Jesus
Wretched End = AD 70
Other Tenants = Church

Lessons to be Learned
1. God gave Israel everything needed to succeed (33)
2. God gave Israel freedom to obey or disobey (33b)
3. God gave Israel time to turn back to Him (34-36)
4. God gave Israel His only Son to save them (37)
5. National Israel rejected God’s Son (38-39)
6. National Israel ran out of time (40-41)
7. National Israel lost its place as God’s chosen (42-45)
8. The Church (believing Jews & Gentiles) is now to be God’s fruit-bearing people (41)