One is reminded of the treatment of the owner's agents in
the parable of the wicked tenants (Mk 12:2 - 5 and parallels).
Then comes the dark
parable of the wicked tenants, and a question about taxes to test his citizenship.
H. Waetjen, «Imitations of the Year of Jubilee in
the Parables of the Wicked Tenants and the Workers in the Vineyard.»
In its emphasis on the aspect of reversal with the arrival of the rule of God, the «nature parables» stand in the same relationship with that of
the parable of the Wicked Tenants.83 The images also testify to Jesus» identification with the peasant culture, with its values of sharing, caring and hard work.
Not exact matches
Some scholars believe that this
parable reflects the intertestamental Jewish view
of hades (or sheol) as containing separate divisions for the
wicked and righteous.In Revelation 20:13 - 14 hades is itself thrown into the «lake
of fire» after being emptied
of the dead.
This time the interpretation immediately follows the
parable (vv 49 - 50), which again is explained as referring to the separation
of the righteous and the
wicked at the final judgment.
This seems to be the point
of the
parable of the vineyard and its
wicked tenants (Mall.