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1 | few chosen | Matt 20:16 | gracefull | 64870 | ||
I am having dificulty reconciling the last part (For many are called, but few are chosen) to the rest of the text. i understand the parable, but do not see how this fits. Thanks | ||||||
2 | few chosen | Matt 20:16 | Robert Nicholson | 64893 | ||
Graceful In the parable the king sends a message out to those who were bidden that all things are ready. I believe that hose binden represent Israel, we read in John 1 "he came unto to his own (his own people" and they received him not, but to as many as received him gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name. Those who were bidden made light of the message and even killed the servants who brought them the message. However, the King is persistent that there will be guests at his son's wedding "go into the highways and as many as you shall find, bid to the marriage" Matt. 22:9 This would remind us that the Lord Jesus first came to his own people and for the most part they rejected him. However, God sent the message to those without, who did not previously have an invitation, the gentiles and invited them to come in. Hence he says "many are called and few are chosen" The many refers to the provision which God has provided, the few refers to those who accept the invitation. I believe this is supported by the words of Jesus regarding the broad road "and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat" Matt. 7:13 Those who were bidden shall be last and those who were bidden afterward shall be first. "Many are called, but few are chosen" I believe Jesus is referring to the many that have been given the invitation in contrast to the few that have accepted it. Robert |
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3 | few chosen | Matt 20:16 | gracefull | 64940 | ||
Robert, here in this parable is clearly about salvation, but in the parable of the laborers in chapter 20 Jesus is speaking of those in the kingdom 'arriving for their reward'. This seems to be refering to believers who resent other believers for receiving the same rewards. And I just can't seem to make that last line fit unless there is a translation problem. This is why I went to the NASB and the Amplified, which helped none at all. I believe prayon may have hit on the point.Let's look further. I wil also research the Greek translation. Thanks for your help. | ||||||
4 | few chosen | Matt 20:16 | Ray | 64960 | ||
Hi gracefull, I think that it is important to note that the phrase of Matthew 20:16 does NOT read, "for many are called, but few choose." So I don't know if I totally agree with Prayon's quote. I wonder about your "arriving for their reward". Is that a quote from a certain translation? I wonder about that because the men were hired by the landowner and they received wages. I think of rewards as being for good works not for good work. Another thing to think about is that the people hired in the middle of the day were given "whatever is right". It doesn't say what the amount was that they were given. The first-hired received what they agreed upon. The last-hired went out and worked without agreeing on any wage, nor were they told that they would receive what was right. They were simply told to go into the vinyard, and they did so. These [few] last ones were chosen by the landowner to be shown generosity. A look at Matthew 19:29 will show that the people who "left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms for My name's sake, shall receive many times as much, and shall inherit eternal life." In other words they will receive even more than the original disciples. It is up to the Lord to decide who is given what responsibilities in His kingdom and it is up to the Lord to decide if He wants to choose some for extra wage or reward. That is in His power to do. That is why I have an upper case interpretation for the pronouns in Matthew 20:15. "Is it not lawful for Me to do what I wish with what is My own? Or is your eye envious because I am generous?" It is just penciled in as yet. What do you think? From the heart, Ray |
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5 | few chosen | Matt 20:16 | gracefull | 65069 | ||
You made a couple of good points that I really had not noticed. The landowner agreed upon wages for the first, and the others he said he would pay them whatever is right. But I think where I trip up is If this parable is 'about' children of the kingdom how does the extended statement..many are called but few chosen...I read a commentary that said the landowner was rewarding for exemplary labor of the latter and less than par performance of the first, but I don not agree with that because this implies 'earned' rather than 'grace'. Is the latter the children of grace of the new covenant compared to the children of the law under the old covenant? Ours is not 'wages' but 'generosity'. If this is the case how does many are called but few chosen fit? Are there 'chosen' among believers? Or are new covenant believers under grace the 'chosen' with chosen meaning 'receivers of grace'? | ||||||