Religion Parable

The Parable of the Two Sons

Matthew 21: 28-32

Name: Helena 

Date: Wednesday November 30, 2011

'What do you think? A man had two sons; he went to the first and said, "Son, go and work in the vineyard today." He answered, "I will not"; but later he changed his mind and went. The father went to the second and said the same; and he answered, "I go, sir"; but he did not go. Which of the two did the will of his father?' They said, 'The first.' Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, the tax-collectors and the prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God ahead of you. For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him, but the tax-collectors and the prostitutes believed him; and even after you saw it, you did not change your minds and believe him.

             'A man had two sons and he asked his oldest son to go work in the vineyard today. The song answered, "I will not"; but still he went. The father asked his youngest song to go work and he answered, "I go, sir"; but he did not go. Which on of the two sons obeyed their father?' They said, 'The oldest one.' Jesus said, 'The tax-collectors and the prostitutes believed John the Baptist who was showing you the right path to take; but you did not believe him. The tax-collectors and the prostitutes are going to the Kingdom of God before you. When you saw this, you still did not change your minds.'

               The moral of this parable is not to lie. You shouldn't lie because in this parable, Jesus told the story of the man with two sons, and the youngest son lied and did not obey his father, yet the oldest song lied too, but he still obeyed his father. He also showed how the prostitutes and the tax-collectors believed John who showed them to take the right path, but the people, who Jesus were talking to, still did not change their minds even when they saw bad people obeying a good man. I think they didn't want to believe because the tax-collectors and the prostitutes did bad things before they believed in John, so they thought they were lying. The tax-collectors and the prostitutes lied before they believed John, so how would the people know that they can believe John too? That is why you should not lie, lying could lead to even more trouble and you cannot even tell which one is the truth.