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(Matthew 20:17-19) Jesus again reveals the fate waiting for Him at Jerusalem. At least we can draw the following applications from it. to forget His ancient people. He takes accordingly the title of the "Son of man" for the first time in this gospel. Luke-Acts Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? When evening came, the master of the vineyard said to his steward, 'Call the workers, and give them their pay, beginning from the last and going on until you come to the first.' 1. Then, after the parable of the mustard seed (ver. God's generosity will not succumb to human jealousy. b. [Note: France, The Gospel . They did not see why they should be allowed to stake their claims to preeminence. Mark gives them in the end of his second and the beginning of his third chapters. A man is not a Christian if his first concern is pay. It tells us of their ambition. COUPLES DOUBLE CHALLENGE - we brought in our wonderful friends Vala \u0026 aonghas who also have Mini versions of their selves who where completely up for the challenge as well and super excited about getting dressed for the part :) haha leia \u0026 logan you guys where amazing !!!! Sometimes we go without when God would want to give us something simply because we will not answer this question, and we do not have because we do not ask (James 4:2). Now what did Jesus mean when He broke the bread and said, "This is my body, broken for you"? It does not seem exactly as a pictorial view of what the Lord was doing, or going to do, but rather the repeated pledge, that they were not to suppose that the evil He had judged in the elders of Jerusalem, or the grace freely going out to the Gentiles, in any way led Him. In the next incident the force of the plea turns on God's goodness towards the wretchedness of man. e. And to give His life a ransom for many: The death of Jesus the giving of His life purchased the freedom of His people. When He reigns as David's Son, there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the Lord of Hosts. Let them read their error in One who was evidently superior to the condition and the ruin of man in Israel. The point is that God rewards on the principle of grace, and we should therefore expect surprises. And He prophesied so accurately the things.First of all, He is going to be betrayed. Now He brings out not the kingdom merely, but His Church; and this not merely in view of hopeless unbelief in the mass, but of the confession of His own intrinsic glory as the Son of God by the chosen witness. For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner, Whatever is right I will give you whatever is right you will receive, Call the laborers and give them their wages, beginning with the last to the first, They supposed that they would receive more, equal to us who have borne the burden and the heat of the day. 10 But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny. "I will have mercy, and not sacrifice." Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Pentateuch Then inside the house we have not only the Lord explaining the parable, the history from first to last of the tares and wheat, the mingling of evil with the good which grace had sown, but more than that, we have the kingdom viewed according to divine thoughts and purposes. There are people who think that, because they have been members of a Church for a long time, the Church practically belongs to them and they can dictate its policy. Disease must obey Him, as the soldier or the servant obeyed the centurion, their superior. You may unsubscribe from Bible Gateways emails at any time. Wisdom Literature (ii) There is an equally definite warning to the Jews. "That by His stripes you may be healed." There were many that followed Christ now in the regeneration, when the gospel kingdom was first set up, and these Jewish converts seemed to have got the start of others; but Christ, to obviate and silence their boasting, here tells them. What can be simpler than that John put the question through his disciples, because he (not they only) had a question in the mind? To represent to us the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 20:1; Matthew 20:1), that is, the way and method of the gospel dispensation. The landowner did exactly as promised, but their supposition of more pay than promised was disappointed. [There is what I call a clear, unmistakable note of time.] It was not more truly Christ's kingdom as man than He was God's own Son, His beloved Son, in whom He was well pleased, who was now to be heard, rather than Moses or Elias, who disappear, leaving Jesus alone with the chosen witnesses. Warning those who were using this Love feast as an excuse just to sort of gorge themselves, and they were not really realizing the spiritual significance of these things. The question was not who or what came in the way; whoever appealed to Him, there He was for them. He said to them, 'Go you also to the vineyard.' They must still continue to endure the scourge of crime they could never expiate. The truth of this is apparent, if we compare the gospel of Mark. The Gospels Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. We begin with the comparatively limited significance it originally had. See Matthew 19:27-29. In what follows we have that which is necessary, to complete the picture of the other side. In Mark 10:35-45 it is James and John who come to Jesus with this request. It was clearly a question of connection with the apostle of the circumcision ( i.e., Peter's wife's mother). And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?" We shall find something of these mysteries later on in this gospel; but here it is simply a Jewish testimony of Jehovah-Messiah in His unwearied love, through His twelve heralds, and in spite of rising unbelief, maintaining to the end what His grace had in view for Israel. A ransom is something paid or given to liberate a man from a situation from which it is impossible for him to free himself. And I pray to God that we will never lose this concept of the ministry, that we are the servants of all.It is so important that we maintain, because Jesus said. iv. And he went out about the third hour ( Matthew 20:3 ). 2. On the evening of the day when He delivered the seven parables given in Matthew 13:1-58. He had brought out the kingdom before in view of that which betrayed to Him the unpardonable blasphemy of the Holy Ghost. They've come to Jericho. It is of immense significance to see that, even in a world in which the dark was coming down, the disciples would not abandon the conviction that the victory belonged to Jesus. But every Scripture that treats of that time proves what dread, what anxiety, what dark clouds will be ever and anon. The Gentiles, who are newly called in, have as much of the privileges of the kingdom of the Messiah as the Jews have, who have so long been labouring in the vineyard of the Old-Testament church, under the yoke of the ceremonial law, in expectation of that kingdom. And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. Has nothing yet had power to engage us to sacred service? The ignorance is wholly on our side: all they say or omit was owing to the far-reaching and gracious wisdom of Him who inspired them. THE LORDSHIP OF THE CROSS ( Matthew 20:20-28 continued). Christ had promised the apostles, who followed him in the regeneration, at the beginning of the gospel dispensation, great glory (Matthew 19:28; Matthew 19:28); but he now tells them that those who are in like manner faithful to him, even in the latter end of the world, shall have the same reward, shall sit with Christ on his throne, as well as the apostles, Revelation 2:26-3. To where they exercised such dominion and authority and lordship over people, that they inserted themselves between the people and God. To him who compares this with Luke 6:1-49, there need not remain a question as to the identity of the scene. Whatever is right I will give you whatever is right you will receive: The landowner promised the earliest workers a days wage (a denarius a day). In some cases the last called will be among the first in rank of blessing. And so anti what Jesus has declared. Rather than seeking God as to whether or not you should buy a new car, you had to seek your elder or your shepherd. And they went their way. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary. We are, in fact, in the presence of that which John so loves to dwell on Jesus viewed not merely as Son of David or Abraham, or Seed of the woman, but as the Father's Son, the Son as the Father gave, sent, appreciated, and loved Him. "For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. But first appears the new and great fact, that Christ was going to build a new building, His assembly, on the truth and confession of Himself, the Son of God. John 3:16, Jesus faith love), The Whole Bible vi. Life had been imparted to, the sleeping maid of Zion the blind men call on Him as the Son of David, and not in vain. BEST VALUE in digital Bible study. The idea is that His people were in bondage as slaves, and He paid their price. 3 "About nine in the morning he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. We are going to Jerusalem. They may not be as long in the vineyard as others; their race may be sooner run; but I have chosen to honor them in this manner, and I have a right to do it. "The parable is emphasizing a right attitude in service." Jesus answered, "You do not know what you are asking. Higher proportionate rewards shall be given to them than to others. The evil eye was an idiom used to refer to jealousy (cf. That they might possibly be outstripped by their successors in profession, and, though they were before others in profession, might be found inferior to them in knowledge, grace, and holiness. Now if you go back to the last verse of the previous chapter, you'll find this same statement. 13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny? Surely not by inaccuracy; surely not by indifference to order, but contrariwise by divine wisdom that arranged the facts with a view to a purpose worthy of itself: God's arrangement of all things more particularly in this part of Matthew to give us an adequate manifestation of the Messiah; and, as we have seen, first, what He was to the appeal of the Jew; next, what He was and would be to Gentile faith, in still richer form and fulness. Jesus openly acknowledged the suffering and agony that awaited Him. [2.] GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point And they joined the crowd following Him on up to Jerusalem.Remember at this point the heart of Jesus is very heavy, because He knows that He soon is going to be betrayed, mocked, scourged, crucified. If the Gentiles were to be allowed into the fellowship of the Church at all, they must come in as inferiors. When the legions were thus completed, the citizens who had been called, but not chosen, returned to their respective employments, and served their country in other capacities. "This man blasphemeth." Peter wanted to know what they would get in return. Copyright 2019 by Zondervan. This, too, we ascertain from Mark 1:1-45, where there are clear marks of the time. "Jesus deliberately and cleverly led the listeners along by degrees until they understood that if Gods generosity was to be represented by a man, such a man would be different from any man ever encountered." Yes, it was His to rule and command the sea, even as the land and all that in them is. (Matthew 19:30.) 2. But none the less do we find His affections engaged for the help of the helpless. Matthew 20:16. A few I have chosen for higher stations in the church. Here I close tonight. Though he vainly thought, that if those few were but two, they were himself and his son. That was a test of his faith. And the third day He will rise again.. The Lord, however, in the same chapter, shows that it was not a question alone of what was to be done, or to be suffered, or is to be by-and-by, but what He was, and is, and never can but be. Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Humble service is the great prerequisite, as shown by Jesus own ministry. He does not now compare the Jews to the Gentiles, (as in another passages) nor the reprobate, who swerve from the faith, to the elect who persevere; and therefore the sentence which is introduced by some interpreters, many are called, but few are chosen, does not apply to that point. All turns on that which was suitable to such a God, the giver of His own Son. The leper approaches the Lord with homage, but with a most inadequate belief in His love and readiness to meet his need. He makes some more useful than others, without regard to the time which they serve, and he will reward them accordingly. It was the Father's revelation of the Son; flesh and blood had not revealed it to Peter, but, "my Father, which is in heaven." They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' 1. And the multitude around them said, "Shut up, hold your peace." And when the ten heard it, they were greatly displeased with the two brothers. All rights reserved worldwide. At its close we see the leper approaching the Lord, after He had been preaching throughout Galilee and casting out devils. The grape harvest ripened towards the end of September, and then close on its heels the rains came. To all justice shall be done. To all to whom the rewards of heaven are promised they shall be given. By submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive email communications from Bible Gateway, a division of The Zondervan Corporation, 3900 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA, including commercial communications and messages from partners of Bible Gateway. Next, He lays bare the capricious unbelief of man, only consistent in thwarting every thing and one that God employs for his good; then, His own entire rejection where He had most laboured. without holiness no man shall see the Lord. Prophets The system of grace is foreign to us: God deals with us according to who He is, not according to who we are. (v) These two blind men were grateful. There is here the first decisive step to the last act of the inescapable tragedy. The devil, by his temptations, is hiring labourers into his field, to feed swine. It is grief to ourselves, anger to God, and ill-will to our neighbour; and it is a sin that has neither pleasure, profit, nor honour, in it; it is an evil, an only evil. Now these last have worked but one hour, and that too in the cool of the day; and yet thou hast made them equal with us. Observe, They did not come for their pay till they were called; we must with patience wait God's time for our rest and recompence; go by our master's clock. All will not be the wise that understand, nor those who instruct the mass in righteousness. (ii) These two blind men were undiscourageable. Particular epochs in Luke are noted with great care; but, speaking now of the general course of the Lord's life, a little attention will discover, from the immensely greater preponderance paid to the consideration of time in the second gospel, that there we have events from first to last given to us in their consecutive order. 2. Rudolf Bultmann writes: "In the Cross of Christ Jewish standards of judgment and human notions of the splendour of the Messiah are shattered." The Old Testament And you guessed it already its a quote from the bible \"so the last shall be first \u0026 the first last\"which of course made me think of a competition type challenge !!! So thoroughly is it in view of Israel that our Lord does not say one word here about the Church, or the intervening condition of Christendom. The servants are clearly divided into two classes. It is the man who will not be kept from Christ who in the end finds him. The circumstances of this serve to adorn the parable; but the general scope is plain, that the last shall be first. The landowner rebuked them for their jealousy and resentment of the landowners generosity towards others. Again he went out about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, [noon and three in the afternoon], he did likewise. Next day he was back for Kagawa's coat and trousers, and got them too. Well, then, to whom was the ransom paid?" [1.] The market-place is a place of concourse, and there Wisdom cries (Proverbs 1:20; Proverbs 1:21); it is a place of sport, there the children are playing (Matthew 11:16; Matthew 11:16); and the gospel calls us from vanity to seriousness; it is a place of business, of noise and hurry; and from that we are called to retire. Thus, the fourth chapter of Mark coincides, marked with such data as can leave no doubt. i. Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise. [2.] In his defilement he came to Jesus and sought to be cleansed, before the delivery of the sermon on the mount. Basically what He is teaching is that as we serve the Lord in His vineyard, that what really counts is the fact the Lord sent me. This as yet draws out wonder, at least from the witnessing multitudes, that God had given such power unto men. few chosen; in Christ from all eternity, both to grace and glory; and in consequence, and as an evidence of it, but few among the Jews; as also in the Gentile world, comparatively speaking: and even but a few of those that are outwardly called, are inwardly and effectually called by the powerful grace of God, out of darkness into marvellous light, into the grace and liberty of the Gospel, into communion with Christ, and to the obtaining his kingdom and glory, according to the eternal purpose of God. None the less does the Lord uphold it, purged of what accretions had come in to obscure its original and proper character. WORK AND WAGES IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD ( Matthew 20:1-16 continued). Jesus came to give his life a ransom for many. a. "And He entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into His own city." It is easy to condemn the disciples, but the faith and the loyalty which lay behind the ambition must never be forgotten. Set a timer for 20 minutes (no peeking) and start eating. In that market-place men stood waiting because no one had hired them; in his compassion the master gave them work to do. In the distribution of future joys, as it was in the gathering of the manna, he that shall gather much, will have nothing over, and he that shall gather little, will have no lack, Exodus 16:18. Modern disciples of Jesus should view heavenly rewards the same way. "And forthwith when they were come out of the synagogue they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John; but Simon's wife's mother was sick of a fever, and anon they tell Him of her. The aggravation of it; "It is because I am good." These men did not all do the same work; but they did receive the same pay. a great multitude followed Him. The pay was perfectly normal; a denarius or a drachma was the normal day's wage for a working man; and, even allowing for the difference in modern standards and in purchasing power, 4 pence a day was not a wage which left any margin. "There arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch, that the ship was covered with the waves; but he was asleep." Sufferers for Christ in the latter days, shall have the same reward with the martyrs and confessors of the primitive times, though they are more celebrated; and faithful ministers now, the same with the first fathers. But when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received each a denarius. Beyond the curtain of suffering lay the revelation of glory; beyond the Cross was the Crown; beyond the defeat was triumph; and beyond death was life. But nothing would stop the two blind men; for them it was a matter of sight or blindness, and nothing was going to keep them back. "On his first night he was asked to share his bed with a man suffering from contagious itch. We have the natural tie here brought into prominence; and this was a claim that Christ slighted not. (See Mt 19:30; 22:14). It should also encourage us in reference to the hardships and difficulties of our work, that it is but for a day; the approaching shadow, which the servant earnestly desireth, will bring with it both rest, and the reward of our work,Job 7:2. So long as it is all we have to give, all service ranks the same with God. Apply to the Son of David; lose not a moment; he is passing by, and thou art passing into eternity, and probably wilt never have a more favourable opportunity than the present. They should think of them in terms of grace, any reward being an act of Gods grace. but it was far too much for the young man. In later days others will come in. Now the parable: A landowner went out early in the morning (6 am) to hire laborers for his vineyard. No request is too great to bring to Jesus. They did not see why the two brothers should steal a march on them, even if they were the cousins of Jesus. He was to be betrayed into the hands of the chief priests and Scribes; there we see the suffering of the heart broken by the disloyalty of friends. Reader, whosoever thou art, act in behalf of thy soul as these blind men did in behalf of their sight, and thy salvation is sure. No man can ever claim that he began to follow Jesus under false pretences. . So little old Jewish mama coming to Jesus with her two sons. i. GO GO GO! It was His meat to do the will of God. And then he repeats this again. i. Poetical Books They cannot hurt the Christ. They were not attached to any group; they were entirely at the mercy of chance employment; they were always living on the semi-starvation line. After the creation of consuls, they every year named twenty-four military tribunes, part of whom must have served five years at least, and the rest eleven. This parable does not teach that God will reward all His disciples equally. Origen said it was the devil; Gregory of Nyssa objected that this put the devil on the same level as God, and allowed the devil to dictate terms to God. They looked for a conqueror; they received one broken on a cross. The line from the . Many a man, who, as the world counts it, is a poor man, will be great in the Kingdom, because he never thought in terms of reward but worked for the thrill of working and for the joy of serving. They wanted Jesus with a royal command to ensure for them a princely life. Nor was the unbelief confined to these religionists of letter and form; for next (verse 14) the question comes from John's disciples: "Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?" get to know the Bible better! Pauline Epistles Nor is this all. So, on the other hand, the centurion sets forth with no less aptness the characteristic faith that suits the Gentile, in a simplicity which looks for nothing but the word of His mouth, is perfectly content with it, knows that, whatever the disease may be, He has only to speak the word, and it is done according to His divine will. . b. Of course, there is often the order of time, but through the central part, and not infrequently elsewhere, his setting forth in order turns on another principle, quite independent of mere succession of events. Every opportunity to serve is a gift of His grace. Of one of the disciples, whose state may have been specially present to our Lords mind, this was, we know, only too fatally true. And to these men who were blind, they saw this as their one opportunity for a whole new life. Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the. By submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive email communications from Bible Gateway, a division of The Zondervan Corporation, 3900 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA, including commercial communications and messages from partners of Bible Gateway. It can only mean here the "invited." They glorified God. Luke-Acts The tribunes of the second and third likewise made their choice one after another; and he that remained entered into the fourth legion. A man who wanted to work came there first thing in the morning, carrying his tools, and waited until someone hired him. It was a grave step this, and in view of His rejection now. And Peter quoting Isaiah looking back at that scourging said, "by His stripes, ye were, past tense, healed"( 1 Peter 2:24 ). The axiom of this verse and of chapter nineteen, verse 30, sets the tone for Jesus entire ministry and the church. Minor Prophets Thus explained, this parable has no reference to the call of the Gentiles, nor to the call of aged sinners, nor to the call of sinners out of the church at all. a. Jesus stood still: Nothing could stop Him on His journey to Jerusalem; yet He stood still to answer a persistent plea for mercy. Since the text and audio content provided by BLB represent a The Church, which is His body and bride, has a far more intimate place, even though true of the same persons. The Lord then had been shown such as He was towards Israel, had Israel in their leprosy come to Him, as did the leper, even with a faith exceedingly short of that which was due to His real glory and His love. They had certainly done nothing to merit a day's wages. PREVIOUS Matthew 20:15 NEXT Matthew 20:17. But this may be, and commonly is, applied to the several ages of life, in which souls are converted to Christ. Blue Letter Bible study tools make reading, searching and studying the Bible easy and rewarding. It was really after the transfiguration recorded in chapter 17 of our gospel. Major Prophets This is applied to the Jews (Matthew 22:14; Matthew 22:14); it was so then, it is too true still; many are called with a common call, that are not chosen with a saving choice. But these men slept in Gethsemane, forsook the Master when He was arrested, and one of them at least failed Him at the crosswe can only follow Christ in his cup and baptism, after we have been endued with the Spirit of Pentecost. (Meyer). Matthew 20:16 The New King James Version (NKJV) 16 So the last will be first, and the first last. Outwardly it was a condition of comparative cleanness. Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year. IfPsalms 8:1-9; Psalms 8:1-9 goes farther, surely that was for the Son of man, who for the suffering of death was exalted. What do you want Me to do for you? New International Version (NIV). He is not here sought as by the leper, the centurion, the friends of the palsied man; He Himself calls Matthew, a publican just the one to write the gospel of the despised Jesus of Nazareth. iii. Second, this passage sheds a light upon the Christian life. Who but God could heal? I injure no one, and have a right to do what I will with my own. Thus explained, this parable has no reference to the call of the Gentiles, nor to the call of aged sinners, nor to the call of sinners out of the church at all. So in this case there was brought to Him a paralytic man, lying upon a bed, "and Jesus, seeing their faith, said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee." That the same night that in which Jesus was betrayed, He took bread, and when He had broken it, He said, take eat this is my body which is broken for you. vi. None can suppose that these were deemed useless, or that, because not now chosen to serve their country in the field, they were proscribed from the rights and privileges of citizens, much less destroyed, because others were found better qualified to serve their country at the post of honour and danger.