The Cincinnati Church

The Parable of the Wicked Husbandmen
I. This parable and its application is recorded in MAT 21:33-46; MAR 12:1-12; LUK 20:9-19.
II. This parable speaks of the surrender of the kingdom of God from natural Israel to the spiritual
gospel church of the N.T.
A. It speaks of the longsuffering of God towards the disobedient.
B. But it also speaks of the limitations of His forbearance.
C. It provided an appropriate parallel for the way that the nation of Israel (especially their
elders) had generally treated God's prophets and finally His Son and justifies God in His
judgment of them.