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Matteo 21:40

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40 Quando adunque il padron della vigna sarà venuto, che farà egli a que’ lavoratori?

Matteo 21:40 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 21:40

When the Lord therefore of the vineyard cometh
In a way of providence, to call these husbandmen to an account; not only for the fruit they were to bring to him; but for their barbarity to his servants, the prophets, time after time; and especially, for the inhuman usage and murder of his own son;

what will he do unto those husbandmen?
This question is put to the chief priests, elders, and Scribes: and they themselves, who are designed hereby, are made judges in this case, just as the inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah are, in ( Isaiah 5:4 ) which passage of Scripture our Lord had greatly in view when he spake this parable.

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Matteo 21:40 In-Context

38 Ma i lavoratori, veduto il figliuolo, disser fra loro: Costui è l’erede; venite, uccidiamolo, ed occupiamo la sua eredità.
39 E presolo, lo cacciarono fuor della vigna, e l’uccisero.
40 Quando adunque il padron della vigna sarà venuto, che farà egli a que’ lavoratori?
41 Essi gli dissero: Egli li farà perir malamente, quegli scellerati, ed allogherà la vigna ad altri lavoratori, i quali gli renderanno i frutti a’ suoi tempi.
42 Gesù disse loro: Non avete voi mai letto nelle Scritture: La pietra che gli edificatori hanno riprovata è divenuta il capo del cantone; ciò è stato fatto dal Signore, ed è cosa maravigliosa agli occhi nostri?
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