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The Parables of Matt. 16:-25:
A | 18: 23-35. The wicked servant ("The reckoning" sunairő*).--
"Delivered to tormentors."
B | 20: 1-16. The Householder and Vineyard.--The call to the labourers:--
1. Early.
\
2. Third hour.
\ Many called,
3. Sixth and ninth hours. / but few chosen.
4. Eleventh hour.
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C | 21: 28-32. Two sons and Vineyard.--Lesson, publicans and harlots enter
The kingdom while many who claimed entrance were kept outside.
C | 21: 33-46. Wicked husbandmen and Vineyard.--Lesson, kingdom taken
From them and given to a fruitful nation.
B | 22: 1-14. The Marriage.--The call to the guests:--
1. Bid those who were bidden. \
2. Again tell them.
\ Many called,
3. Go therefore to highways.
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but few chosen.
4. The wedding garment.
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A | 24: 32.-25: 30. Two kinds of servants.
a | 24: 32-44. "Noah"--Coming as a thief while the goodman slept.
The Fig tree.--"Ye know not what hour the Son of man cometh."
b | 24: 45-51. The faithful and evil servant.--The one made ruler,
the other has his portion with the hypocrites.
"Weeping and gnashing of teeth."
a | 25: 1-13. The wise and foolish virgins.-"Ye know neither the day nor the hour."
b | 25: 14-30. The faithful and unprofitable servant
("The reckoning" sunairő*).--
The one made ruler, the other cast into outer darkness.
"Weeping and gnashing of teeth."
movement of the Acts of the apostles is clearly shown. It is of the utmost importance that
we keep the whole range of the parables before us. We must keep the series of Matt.
13: in mind, and also the one parable in Matt. 15: Which is both a link between the set of
Matt. 13: and the set of Matt. 20:-25:, and a light which illuminates the character of the
actors in this awful tragedy.
In our next article we hope to commence a more detailed exposition of the first
parable of this series.
(*The only occurrences of sunairő in the New Testament).