Ver. 9-18. We met with this parable at large both in Matthew 21:33, and in Mark 12:1. Its obvious scope is to let them know, that God in righteous judgment, for the Jews abusing the Lord's prophets, John the Baptist, and himself, who was in a few days to be killed by them, would unchurch and destroy them, and raise up to himself a church amongst the Gentiles; and that this was no more than was prophesied of, Psalms 118:22.

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