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But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, `Son, go work today in my vineyard.`
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The Two Sons Explained
Commentators universally explain that the two sons represent two distinct groups. The son who first refuses but later obeys represents the tax collectors and sinners who repented at the preaching of John and Jesus. The son who agrees to work but never does represents the religious leaders, who professed righteousness but ultimately disobeyed God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
But what think ye? — The question serves to connect the parable with the previous incident and so gives point to its special primary appli…
Baptist
By two parables the Lord Jesus deals with the religious leaders who had opposed Him.
In the first parable, that of the two sons, He exposes …
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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…
16th Century
Protestant
This conclusion shows the object of the parable, as Christ prefers to the scribes and priests those who were generally considered infamous and dete…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But what think you ? &c.] (See Gill on Matthew 18:12)
a certain man had two sons
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Parables that give reproof speak plainly to the offenders and judge them out of their own mouths. The parable of the two sons sent to work in the v…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, they reprehend by questioning. And firstly, the questioning is related; and secondly, the refutation is related, where it is said,
