Parables of Jesus
The Two Sons
Various
Read: Matthew 21:28-32
SeeThe Parable of the Two Sons is a parable that contrasts the tax collectors and prostitutes who accepted the message taught by John the Baptist with the ostensibly religious people who did not.
In this parable, Jesus admonished those who considered themselves virtuous; whereas those whom they considered sinners, such as the tax collectors and prostitutes, were accepting the message of John the Baptist and repenting. The theme of this parable is similar to that of the Pharisee and the Publican.
Christ himself explains the parable. The first son, at the beginning, is unwilling to obey his father, but later he repents and obeys, going to work in the vineyard. This mirrors the publicans and harlots who at first, though sinning, defied the will and law of God, but afterwards by John's preaching came to do penance, and lived according to the law of God. The second son—who said to his father that he would go into the vineyard, but broke his word represented the Scribes and Pharisees; who always had the law of God in their mouths but did not fulfill it through their actions. By so doing, they provoked the anger of God against them, and doubly so because of their hypocrisy and feigned observance of the Law.
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"The Two Sons"
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