25th Sunday OT, A
Sep 14, 2026 · 50 min · 9 segments
Unfair Mercy
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Sep 14, 2026 · 50 min · 9 segments
Unfair Mercy
It looks so unfair that the men who worked one hour, only one hour's work, would receive as much as the men who worked basically from six o'clock in the morning till six o'clock at night, who did 12 hours.
It seems so unfair.
Let's try to discover what it all means.
He's on his way to his passion.
He's getting there.
He's really approaching.
And this parable, because it is a parable, is a bit of an explanation of what has been happening beforehand.
So that's very important to understand the context of this parable.
We have to look at what happens before.
And what happens before is the rich young man.
The rich young man who wants to know what good deed must I do to have eternal life.
And then, you know, the story of the rich young man who goes away sorrowful for he had great possessions, says Matthew.
So he's a very important figure for us to understand.
being rich and how riches really prevent us from entering the kingdom of heaven and that it is literally impossible to enter the kingdom of heaven but that with god it is possible so and then there's this whole sort of discourse about what we have to give up as it were what the disciples give up in order to follow jesus and what they will receive so we're entering into a bit of a trade mentality a bit of a what do we need to do to earn the kingdom of heaven if you want The rich young man wanted to know what he had to do.
What extra thing? He was already doing very well.
He was keeping all the commandments.
It looks so unfair that the men who worked one hour, only one hour's work, would receive as much as the men who worked basically from six o'clock in the morning till six o'clock at night, who did 12 hours.
It seems so unfair.
Let's try to discover what it all means.
He's on his way to his passion.
He's getting there.
He's really approaching.
And this parable, because it is a parable, is a bit of an explanation of what has been happening beforehand.
So that's very important to understand the context of this parable.
We have to look at what happens before.
And what happens before is the rich young man.
The rich young man who wants to know what good deed must I do to have eternal life.
And then, you know, the story of the rich young man who goes away sorrowful for he had great possessions, says Matthew.
So he's a very important figure for us to understand.
being rich and how riches really prevent us from entering the kingdom of heaven and that it is literally impossible to enter the kingdom of heaven but that with god it is possible so and then there's this whole sort of discourse about what we have to give up as it were what the disciples give up in order to follow jesus and what they will receive so we're entering into a bit of a trade mentality a bit of a what do we need to do to earn the kingdom of heaven if you want The rich young man wanted to know what he had to do.
What extra thing? He was already doing very well.
He was keeping all the commandments.
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