“But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.”
But the tenants said to one another, this is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours — the tenants' logic is the logic of murderous greed: kill the heir and the property passes to us (through adverse possession or some similar expectation). The recognition of the son (this is the heir) is the most damning detail: they know who he is and kill him anyway. The chief priests and teachers of the law who hear this parable know that Jesus is speaking about them (verse 12) — and they know that they know who he is.
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