33. THE LAST PARABLE (Luke 20:9-19)

1. What kind of man did the tenants consider the owner of the vineyard to be?
   • What was the mistake of the tenants concerning their master?
   • What kind of relationship between God and man does Jesus want to portray through this parable?
      
2. Why didn't the master interfere when the first servant got home empty-handed (vs. 10)?
   • Why do you think the treatment of the servants got worse and worse every time (vs. 10-12)?
   • Why doesn't God prevent his servants from being mistreated and persecuted?
      
3. What is the fruit God wants to have from us?
   • What is the fruit God wants to have from our church?
   • Why is it sometimes difficult to give the fruit of our labour to God?
      
4. What was the motive of the master when sending his beloved son to the vineyard?
   • For what reasons would you send your child to a similar place at the risk of his life?
   • Why is this world so important to God that he sent his only Son here?
      
5. What made the tenants so bold as to kill the son of their master?
   • What made people so bold as to kill the Son of God?
   • In what way are we all responsible for the death of Jesus?
      
6. What will happen to those who are responsible for the death of Jesus (vs. 16)?
   • How can you apply verse 16 to the Christian church during the end times?
      
7. After finishing the parable of the tenants Jesus used another well-known image to predict his death: the capstone of a building. What do verses 17-18 mean?
   • What makes a church or an individual Christian throw away the capstone of their faith?
      
8. What did Jesus want to say through his last parable to the leaders of the Jews?
   • What does Jesus want to say to the leaders of the Christian church through this parable?
   • What does Jesus want to say to you personally through this parable?