33 I tell you now, as I have told you many times, The many have been called, but chosen are the few.
CHAPTER 154.
Jesus teaches in the temple court. The parable of the householder and wicked husbandmen. Parable of the marriage feast and the guest without a wedding robe.
The multitudes would hear what Jesus had to say, and so they built a platform in the temple court, and Jesus stood upon the place and taught. He spoke in parables; he said,
2 A man possessed a vast estate; he planted out a vineyard, placed a hedge about it, built a tower, installed the press for making wine.
3 He placed his vineyard in the hands of husbandmen and then he journeyed to a distant land.
4 Now, in the vintage time the man sent forth a servant to receive and bring to him his portion of the fruitage of the vines.
5 The husbandmen came forth and beat the man; laid forty lashes on his back and cast him out beyond the vineyard gate.
6 And then the owner sent another man to bring to him his own. The husbandmen laid hold of him and sorely wounded him and cast him from the vineyard, leaving him half dead beside the way.
7 The owner sent another man to bring to him his own. The husbandmen seized hold of him and with a javelin they pierced his heart; then buried him beyond the hedge.