AN EXPOSITION OF THE PA R A B LES AND OF OTHER PARTS OF THE GOSPEL S, BY EDWARD GRESWELL, B. D. FELLOW OF C. C. C. OXFORD. IN FIVE VOLUMES. VOL. V. PART I. OXFORD: PRINTED BY S. COLLINGWOOD, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY, FOR J. G. & F. RIVINGTON, SOLD BY J. H. PARKER, OXFORD. MDCCCXXXV. CONTENTS PARABLE TWENTY-FOURTH. ALLEGORICAL. THE WICKED HUSBANDMEN, OR OF THE VINEYARD. MATTHEW, XXI. 33—44. MARK, XII. 1-11. LUKE, XX. 9__18. HARMONY, IV. 68. MATTHEW, xxi. 33–44. “ 33 Hear ye another parable. There was a certain man, a “master of an house, who planted a vineyard, and put a fence “ about it, and digged a wine-press in it, and built a tower, and “ let it out to husbandmen, and went abroad. 34 And when " the season of fruits drew nigh, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, to receive its fruits. 35 And the husbandmen “having taken his servants, beat one of them, and killed another, “ and stoned another. 36 Again, he sent other servants, more “ than the first; and they did unto them in like wise. 37 And afterwards he sent unto them his own son, saying, They will reverence my son. 38 But the husbandmen, when they had seen the son, began to say in themselves, This man is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us keep possession of his inhe“ritance. 39 And they took him, and cast him out of the vine“ yard, and killed him. 40 When, therefore, the lord of the “ vineyard is come, what will he do unto those husband 41 They say to him, “ Wicked as they are he will destroy them according to their wickedness, and the vineyard “ he will let out to other husbandmen, who will render him the “ fruits in their seasons.” 42 Jesus saith unto them, never read in the Scriptures, As to the stone, which they that VOL. V. B men?" - Have ye |