Let us notice, firstly, in this passage, the demand which the chief Priests and scribes made upon our Lord."Tell us," they said, "by what authority you do these things? and who gave you this authority?" The spirit which prompted this demand is too evident to be mistaken.

The parable we have now read, is one of the very few which are recorded more than once by the Gospel writers. Matthew, Mark, and Luke, all give it at full length. This three-fold repetition is alone sufficient to point out the importance of its contents.

Let us mark, for one thing, in this passage, the cloak of goodness under which some of our Lord's enemies approached Him. We read that they "sent forth spies, who pretended to be honest men." We read further that they attempted to trick Him by flattering words--"Teacher, we know that you speak and…

We see in these verses what an old thing unbelief is.We are told that "there came to our Lord certain of the Sadducees, who deny that there is any resurrection." Even in the Jewish Church, the Church of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, the Church of Moses, and Samuel, and David, and the prophets--we…

Let us observe in this passage, what striking testimony to Christ's divinity the book of Psalms contains.We read that after patiently replying to the attacks of His enemies, our Lord in turn propounds a question to them.