21:33-41 What does this parable of a householder teach?

This is also known as the parable of the landowner and is recorded as well in Mk 12:1-12 and Lk 20:9-19. Here Jesus demonstrates the response to His ministry by the nation of Israel.

The householder, or landowner, symbolizes God; the husbandmen are the Jewish religious leaders; the servants are the Old Testament prophets, and the son is Christ Himself. What happened to the servants in the parable is what happened to the Old Testament prophets (cp 1Ki 22:7-9, 13-14, 19-28; 2Chr 24:20-22;36:15-16; Neh 9:26; Jer 2:30).

The “other vinedressers” in V41 typify the Gentiles who obtained the salvation that the Jews rejected (cp Acts 13:46-47). This is not to say though that there will not be a rebirth of the Jewish nation (cp Ro 11:7-11). There will be a rebirth of the Jewish nation when they repent of their unbelief and accept Jesus as Messiah (cp Zech 12:8-13:2 with Ro 11:23-28).

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