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1 | principles of Jesus in mat 20:1-16 | Matthew | Jennifer | 243760 | ||
What are the principles of Jesus in Matthew 20:1-16 | ||||||
2 | principles of Jesus in mat 20:1-16 | Matthew | DocTrinsograce | 243761 | ||
Hi, Jennifer... Parables only teach one point. The parable of the workers in the vineyard only appears in the book of Matthew. But see that it follows immediately after Peter's question in 19:27. The disciples were in grave danger of growing prideful because of their position in the building of Christ's church. Consequently, our Lord Jesus gives this parable of as a repetition of His teaching to them that many are called but few chosen (see also Matthew 7:13-14; 22:14; Luke 13:23-24). In a sermon in Antioch, John Chrysostom (349-407) spoke of Matthew 20:16, when he asked "How many, think you, shall be saved in this city? It will be a hard speech to you, but I will speak it: though there be so many thousand of you, yet there cannot be found a hundred that shall be saved, and I doubt about them too; for what villainy is there in youth! what sloth in old men!" In Him, Doc |
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