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Secondly, the prophecy of Psalms declared, "not a bone of Him shall be broken"( Psalms 34:20 ). And you guessed it already its a quote from the bible "so the last shall be first & the first last"which of course made me think of a competition type challe. There were two; but the Spirit of God chose out, in Mark and Luke, the more remarkable of the two, and traces for us his history, a history of no small interest and importance, as we may feel when we come to Mark; but it was of equal moment for the gospel of Matthew that the two demoniacs should be mentioned here, although one of them was in himself, as I gather, a far more strikingly desperate case than the other. The world may assess a man's greatness by the number of people whom he controls and who are at his beck and call; or by his intellectual standing and his academic eminence; or by the number of committees of which he is a member; or by the size of his bank balance and the material possessions which he has amassed; but in the assessment of Jesus Christ these things are irrelevant. There is no one cup for the Christian to drink. So the last shall be first, and the first shall be last: for many are called, but few are chosen ( Matthew 20:5-16 ). Now we see Jesus leaving Jericho, a great multitude of people thronging around Him, and these two blind men hearing the multitude passing by, and observing all of the bustle and activities saying, "what's going on, what's happening?" Jesus said, "They will scourge me. Here is the first mention of the mode of Jesus death and of the Gentiles part in it (only the Romans could crucify people). (Carson). Thirdly, Others are hired into the vineyard in old age, at the eleventh hour, when the day of life is far spent, and there is but one hour of the twelve remaining. She knelt respectfully to ask a favor. He's being despised and rejected. He is there with the beggars. 2. In particular, to represent to us that concerning the kingdom of heaven, which he had said in the close of the foregoing chapter, that many that are first shall be last, and the last, first; with which this parable is connected; that truth, having in it a seeming contradiction, needed further explication. Chapter 20. a. Verse 4 seems quite adverse to the idea that great multitudes were witnesses of the cure; for why "tell no man," if so many knew it already? Suffering from the disloyalty of friends. Men were in the grip of a power of evil which they could not break; their sins dragged them down; their sins separated them from God; their sins wrecked life for themselves and for the world and for God himself. So the last shall be first, and the first last. . Observe. (Matthew 20:3-7) Through the day, the landowner continues to hire workers. Imagine a slave being given leadership! (Carson). The true disciple rests easy in the assurance that because his pay is from a Master of grace, it will be gracious. They looked at one another, and they tried to fathom where there was no depth, but where the truth lay on the surface. (Spurgeon), vi. About five o'clock in the evening he went out and found others standing there, and said to them, 'Why are you standing here the whole day idle?' The pattern is the Son of man saving the lost. Grace forms the hearts of those that understand it, according to the great manifestation of what God is, and what man is, too, given us in the person of Christ. In verse 13 our Lord "goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him. The landowner did exactly as promised, but their supposition of more pay than promised was disappointed. For many are called, but few chosen.. He went out again about nine o'clock in the morning, and saw others standing idle in the market-place. Matthew 20:1-16 - It's Not About Seniority! - Bible Such is His grace, such His wisdom. Let them read their error in One who was evidently superior to the condition and the ruin of man in Israel. Didst not thou agree to take up with heaven as thy portion, thy all, and to take up with nothing short of it? No matter when a man comes to Christ, he is equally dear to him. a. Prophets Pauline Epistles Poetical Books Bishop PEARCE thinks it is an interpolation from Matthew 22:14. Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? The men who stood in the market-place were waiting for work, and the fact that some of them stood on until even five o'clock in the evening is the proof of how desperately they wanted it. In the picture of the holy city in the Revelation there are twelve gates. Then says the unclean spirit, "I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept and garnished. The reason for the change is this--Matthew was writing twenty-five years later than Mark; by that time a kind of halo of sanctity had become attached to the disciples. Now, it was an established principle, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word should be established. a. Here I close tonight. James was the first martyr among the apostles, and John was the only apostle to not die through martyrdom though not from a lack of trying. He went out again about twelve o'clock midday, and about three o'clock in the afternoon, and did the same. i. Had there been a single thing good in Israel, their choicest guides would have stood that test. The second is, "So the last shall be first, and the first last; for many are called, but few are chosen." The parable sets about to correct this misguided notion. In other words, it is certain that in the gospel of Luke, in whose preface we have expressly the words "set in order," the Holy Ghost does in no way tie Himself to what, after all, is the most elementary form of arrangement; for it needs little observation to see, that the simple sequence of facts as they occurred is that which demands a faithful enumeration, and nothing more. Throughout it is the religious kind that are tested and found wanting. NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Matthew 20:16. They next proceeded to the creation of subaltern officers, whom the tribunes chose from among the soldiers of the greatest reputation. And then Paul warned the Corinthians about the manner in which they did partake of the Lord's supper. Reject Him as the Messiah; in that rejection the moral glory of the Son of man would be laid as the foundation of His exaltation and manifestation another day; He was Lord of the Sabbath-day. This parable does not teach that God will reward all His disciples equally. The apostle startles at the thought of it; God forbid!Romans 3:5; Romans 3:6. And when the devil was come out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel." The New Testament GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point But the mission is given here in strict accordance with what the gospel demands. essayed to destroy the testimony with their utmost and blasphemous contempt. ii. The ox had to be ready either for the supreme moment of sacrifice on the altar or the long labour of the plough on the farm. In Matthew it is their mother. This is one of the most revealing passages in the New Testament. Next, He lays bare the capricious unbelief of man, only consistent in thwarting every thing and one that God employs for his good; then, His own entire rejection where He had most laboured. 1. We have here not only our Lord's ministry in the first parable, but in the second parable that which He does by His servants. Matthew 20 - The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints It is true, we have only one in Mark, as in Luke; whereas in our gospel we have two. Those who recognize the grace they have received by being included in God's Kingdom . It was necessary to complete the picture. b. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. If we understand it of that which is ours by debt or absolute propriety, it would be a dreadful word; we are all undone, if we be put off with that only which we can call our own. I do not believe that God would just allow His Son to take all of that suffering, if there were not some value to be received from that suffering. I injure no one, and have a right to do what I will with my own." [4.] More and more excellent shall be the children of the desolate than those of the married wife,Isaiah 54:1. Who knows but that the church, in its old age, may be more fat and flourishing than ever, to show that the Lord is upright? Get Your Bible Minute in Your Inbox Every Morning. "Dear Beloved, The apostle Paul is known as a great missionary. 33), it is added, "And with many such parables spake He the word unto them . The Lord, no doubt, knew the heart of His servant, and could feel for him in the effect that circumstances took upon him. The English translators have thus given the sense well; for the expression really conveys this slight, though the word "fellow" is printed in italics. Secondly, Whatsoever is right,Matthew 20:4-7; Matthew 20:4-7. God is the great Householder, whose we are, and whom we serve; as a householder, he has work that he will have to be done, and servants that he will have to be doing; he has a great family in heaven and earth, which is named from Jesus Christ (Ephesians 3:15), which he is Owner and Ruler of. Will be betrayed: Conceivably, Jesus could have been delivered to the religious authorities without this. Pauline Epistles And then Pilot delivered Him unto them to be scourged. This is a wonderful, simple question God has not stopped asking. It adds to the reason for this interpretation, that Christ was conversing about the rewards that should be given to his followers, and not about the numbers that should be called, or about the doctrine of election. Commentary on Matthew 20:1-16 - Working Preacher Three things the master of the house urges, in answer to this ill-natured surmise. Using the term "elect," Titus 1:1 reinforces the idea that God separates some few from the many who are called: "Paul, a bondservant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's . In the Christian Church seniority does not necessarily mean honour. So the last shall be first, and the first last The GENTILES, who have been long without the true God, shall now enjoy all the privileges of the new covenant; and the Jews, who have enjoyed these from the beginning, shall now be dispossessed of them; for, because they here rejected the Lord, he also hath rejected them.