Today’s reading from Ezekiel is familiar to me from the Daily Office and its use on the Sunday in Year A nearest September 28. Today’s gospel is from Matthew. It is Jesus’ second day in Jerusalem. He is in the temple. There is an exchange between Jesus and the chief priests, and the elders. When they inquire about his authority to teach, Jesus responds by asking, “Did the baptism of John come from heaven, or was it of human origin?”[1] They refuse to answer. So, Jesus responds to them with the Parable of the Two Son: “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?”
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