“What do you think? A man had two sons. And he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’
This conclusion shows what is the object of the parable, when Christ prefers to the scribes and priests those who were generally accounted infamous and held in detestation; for he unmasks those hypocrites, “Car il oste a ces hypocritesssss le masque duquel ils se couvroyent;” — “for he takes away from those hypocrites the mask with which they covered themselves.” “Et puis qu’il l’abusast, it...
But what think you?.... See Gill on Mat 18:12. a certain man had two sons. This is a parable; the design of which is to show the hypocrisy and deceit of the Scribes and Pharisees, in pretending to works of righteousness, and not doing them; and to reprove them for their disbelief and rejection of John's ministry; and to make it appear, that the worst...
Verses 28-32. But what think ye? A way of speaking designed to direct them particularly to what he was saying, that they might be self-convicted. Two sons. By those two sons our Lord intends to represent the conduct of the Jews, and that of the Publicans and sinners. In my vineyard. . To work in the vineyard here represents the work which God requires man to do. I will not.