From: Tony
To: Craig
Subject: Matthew 21:42-44
Hey Craig,
Hope you doing well. In Matthew 21:42-44 who are the people or nation Jesus is talking about that the Kingdom of God will be taken from the Jews and given to them?
Thanks in advance and may God bless you,
Tony
Tony,
Below is the answer in bold blue fonts below; the tax collectors
and prostitutes that repent and believe will receive the kingdom of God that is
taken away from the chief priests and elders. Jesus is speaking to the
chief priests and the elders of the Jewish people in bold
red fonts below Matthew 21:42-44. Jesus is not speaking to all of the
Jews here, but only the specified leaders that are mentioned in the context.
God bless you bro,
Craigo
Matthew 21:23-27 Now
when He came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people confronted Him as He was teaching, and said, "By
what authority are You doing these things? And who gave You this
authority?" 24 But Jesus answered and said
to them, "I also
will ask you
one thing, which if you
tell Me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things:
25 "The baptism of John––where was
it from? From heaven or from men?"
And they reasoned
among themselves,
saying, "If we
say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Why then did you not believe
him?’ 26 But if we say, ‘From men,’
we fear
the multitude, for all count John as a prophet."
27 So they
answered Jesus and said,
"We do
not know." And He said to them, "Neither
will I tell you
by what authority I do these things.
28-31 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.’ 29 He answered and said, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he regretted
it and went. 30 Then
he came to the
second and
said likewise. And he answered and said, ‘I go, sir,’ but
he did not go. 31 Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said to Him, "The first." Jesus said to them, assuredly, I
say to you
that tax collectors and harlots enter the kingdom of God before you.
32-40 "For John came to
you in the
way of righteousness, and you did
not believe
him; but tax collectors and harlots believed him; and when you saw it, you did not afterward
relent and believe him. 33 Hear another parable: There was a
certain landowner who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a
winepress in it and built a tower. And he leased
it to vinedressers and went into a far
country .34 Now when vintage–time drew near, he
sent his servants to the vinedressers, that they might receive
its fruit. 35 And the
vinedressers
took his servants, beat one, killed one, and stoned another. 36 Again he
sent other
servants, more than the first, and they did likewise
to them. 37 Then last of all he sent his
son to them,
saying, ‘They
will respect my son.’ 38 But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is
the heir. Come, let us
kill him and seize his inheritance.’ 39 So they took him and cast him out of the
vineyard and killed him. 40 "Therefore, when the owner of the
vineyard comes, what will he do to those vinedressers?"
41-44 They said to Him, "He
will destroy those
wicked men miserably, and
lease his vineyard to other vinedressers who will render to him the fruits in
their seasons." 42 Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the
Scriptures: ‘The stone which the
builders rejected Has become
the chief cornerstone. This was the LORD’S doing, And it is marvelous in our eyes’? 43
"Therefore I say to
you, the
kingdom of God will be taken from
you and
given to a nation bearing the fruits of it. 44 And whoever falls on this stone will be broken;
but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder."
45-46 Now when
the chief priests and
Pharisees heard His parables, they perceived that He was speaking of them.
46 But when they sought to lay hands on Him, they feared the multitudes,
because they took Him for a prophet.
The
Bible Answer Stand Ministry
1 Peter 3:15 Always be
ready to give reasonable justification to anyone who asks you for an
explanation of the hope that is within you,
but do it considerately and courteously.
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