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(2 Cor. 1, 1–7; Matt. 21, 43–46) The bishops and Pharisees realized that the Lord spoke parables about them, opened their eyes to see the truth, what did they do on this occasion? They were thinking of ways to kill the Lord. If prejudice had not distorted their sanity, they should have, if not believed, as the obviousness of the instructions required, then carefully discussed whether it was really so, as the Savior explains. Prejudice pushed them down a crooked road, and they later turned out to be deicides. And it’s always like that, and it’s like that now. The Germans, and after them our Germanized minds, as soon as they encounter a miracle in the Gospel, immediately shout: “It’s not true, it’s not true; this did not and could not have happened, we must cross it out.” Isn't this the same as killing? Look through all the books of these wise men, and in none of them will you find any indication of the reasons why they think this way; not one of them can say anything against what proves the truth of the Gospel, and not one of them bothered to delve into the arguments with which sane people expose their falsity: they all repeat only their own opinion, which cannot be and therefore do not believe the Gospel. And nothing can be done about them: they are ready to go against God Himself. You might be interested in: