Jesus’ parable of the vineyard workers is directed to his disciples, so it is an instruction for insiders. Its message addresses a tension in the community about inclusion as well as God’s mercy.

The parables are generally regarded by scholars as among the sayings which we can confidently ascribe to the historical Jesus; they are, for the most part, authentic words of Jesus.

Jesus' parables are among the most memorable and distinctive elements in the Gospels. ... (Mark 12:1-12), the Tenants in the Vineyard, which features in the first episode of The Passion.

At today's audience, before 35,000 faithful in St Peter's Square, Pope Leo XIV continued the Jubilee catechesis on “Jesus Christ our hope". The parable in the Gospel of Matthew is "a story that ...

Jesus’ disciples’ eyes did see and ears did hear since they were continually with Jesus while he preached; they would go forth communicating Jesus’ messages including his many parables.

When Jesus Christ told this parable a few days before his own suffering and death he was living with ambivalence. There was a big part of him that wanted to say “no” to the whole ordeal.

The parable of the workers in the vineyard (Mt 20, 1-16), “a story that fosters our hope,” was at the centre of today's catechesis in which “the Lord reminds us that our life is worthy, and ...