But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves: this is the heir. Come, let us kill him and have his inheritance. The tenants' reasoning: if they kill the heir, the inheritance becomes available to them. The logic of the murder is the logic of the religious establishment's reasoning about Jesus: removing him removes the challenge to their authority. The this is the heir and their recognition of what Jesus represents — the rightful claim to Israel's covenant leadership — is the parable's most pointed element.

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