But what think ye? This was a way of speaking designed to direct them particularly to what He was saying, so that they might be self-convi…

But what think ye? — The question serves to connect the parable with the previous incident and so gives point to its special primary appli…

Those poor fallen women and degraded tax-gatherers practically said by their conduct, "We will not serve the Lord." Their past evil life had been a…

St. Jerome: With this preface, the Lord brings forward a parable to convict them of their impiety and show them that the king…

This is the first of three parables by which Jesus rebukes the Jewish leaders (vv.28–32, 33–46; 22:1–14). It is introduced without any preamble oth…

This conclusion shows the object of the parable, as Christ prefers to the scribes and priests those who were generally considered infamous and dete…

But what think you ?
&c.] (See Gill on Matthew 18:12)

a certain man had two sons