Jesus had taught that each one had work to do for him and this was not to be neglected.

The last denunciation of Jerusalem had been uttered, the last and most terrible prediction of judgment upon the Temple spoken

The parable of the Marriage Feast of the King’s Son and the wedding garment derives from Jewish tradition.

Closely connected with the two preceding parables is that concerning the tenants in the vineyard.

The second parable in this series - or perhaps rather an illustration - introduces a man who has two sons.

It will be convenient here to group together the last series of parables.

To begin with, Jesus warned them of the incompetence of Israel’s teachers.

Then, without addressing anyone in particular, Jesus set before them all, what perhaps was the most familiar subject in their theology,

‘Which is the greatest commandment in the Law?’

The Sadducees had only interacted with Jesus once before, when, characteristically, they had asked of him ‘a sign from heaven.’

It was then the evening of a long weary day of teaching.

From the bitter malice of his enemies and the predicted judgment upon them, we turn to the silent worship of she who gave her all.

They next attempted the much more dangerous device of bringing him into collision with the civil authorities.

This third day is so crowded, the actors introduced on the scene are so many

We know how often his nights had been spent in lonely prayer and surely that would have been the case with the first night in Passion week.

The time of the end had come.

But it was not as they had imagined.

Passover approached and so did his arrival in Jerusalem.

It was in the morning when he healed the blind man by the wayside

Finally, Jesus arrives in Judea.