Thursday: Fourth Week in Lent Year A

WEEK 4: THURSDAY

Matthew 21.23 – 46; focused on 21.33 – 45

I was taking a service in a local church when this passage was the second reading. Over at the side of the church was a family with a three-year-old boy who appeared to be playing with his toys, taking no notice of the service. But when the reader finished this parable, about the
wicked tenants who beat up the owner’s messengers and finally kill his son, there was a momentary pause; and, in the silence, the boy’s voice stood out loud and clear: ‘That’s not a very nice story!’ Well, no, it isn’t, and that’s part of the point. We come to the gospels...

Taken from Lent For Everyone – Matthew Year A by Tom Wright (2011)

Published by SPCK

For resources that accompany this book visit http://bigbible.org.uk/

The #BigRead2011: meeting together in housegroups to read the Bible,
making use of Tom Wright's Matthew for Lent with opportunities to go
much bigger and much more creative and join in online (inter)nationally.
From quiet sitting rooms with Bibles and books, to coffee shops and
internet chatrooms across the world.