Matthew is the only gospel writer to tell us this agrarian tale about this eccentric vineyard owner (aren’t they all?) and his employees. I think this is because it was significant to him, and to the original Jewish Christian communities in which he pastored. I like to imagine that he recounted this parable…

Herod’s death threat doesn’t seem to phase Jesus, who responds in a way both belittling to Herod’s political position and revealing of Jesus’ ultimate goal (I’ll paraphrase): “Go tell that fox, I’ve got bigger fish to fry…

Jesus’ parable reaches back into Israel’s history even as it looks forward into what will become his own experience in a matter of days. Out of desperation, the naïve landlord decides…

Luke 20 turns on six major questions. 1) By whose authority does Jesus do and teach these things? 2) “Was John the Baptist a prophet from heaven or humans?” 3)”What will the owner do?” 4) “Is taxation theft? To pay taxes or naw?”…