In an exchange with some of the rulers of the Jews, Jesus told a couple of parables characterizing their rebellious mindset. In the second, regarding a householder and the husbandmen he employed in his vineyard, Jesus related the fate of the householder’s son: “when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance” (Matthew 21:38). Of course, the householder’s son represented Christ Himself, and the husbandmen were the Jewish leaders who refused to give honor to Christ and instead wanted to occupy His place at the head of the Church.

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