Jesus tells a parable which shows the Jewish leaders and people that they have been warned repeatedly and are ignoring the warnings - so judgement will come. Jesus knows they will kill him - the parable makes this clear. They know Jesus is speaking against them - that's explicit. But still they ignore the warning - like Israel has done again and again through their long history. But Israel is just a smaller pictuire of humanity at large: tasked by God to look after his garden and rule over his world, we've filled it with brokeness rather than beauty. A time of judgement will come if we keep ignorning creation's owner - will you heed the warning? Will you change?
