21:28-32 What is Jesus illustrating here in this story about a man's two sons?

21:28-32 What is Jesus illustrating here in this story about a man’s two sons?

This is called the parable of the two sons. In it Jesus illustrates for the Jewish religious leaders that the responsibility for propagating the Kingdom of God would be taken from them and be given to the Gentiles (cp Mt 21:43-46).

The religious leaders were like the second son in the parable who said he would go but did not.

They were self-righteous hypocrites who not only would not enter into the kingdom themselves, but held others out who wanted to enter in. They had promised to do everything for God but when the time came they did nothing (cp Mt 22:1-7; 23:13).

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