Daily Devo | We're All Just Renters (New Testament in a Year, Matthew 21:23-46)

In the face of continued conflict with the religious leaders, Jesus tells the story of tenant farmers who rent the farmland. When it comes time to share the harvest, the renters refuse to share their harvest, killing the owner's messengers and ultimately the owner’s son as well. The landowner in that parable is God, the slaughtered messengers are the prophets, and the owner's son is Jesus. Jesus is foreshadowing that these religious leaders will ultimately reject and kill Jesus in a tragically misguided attempt to retain control of what belongs only to God.

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