The parable of the wicked tenants is a prophetic warning from Jesus to the chief priests and elders regarding their rejection of God's authority and His Son. Jesus explicitly foretells His own rejection, suffering, and death at the hands of the religious authorities. By sending His Son last, God showed extreme patience and mercy, yet the wicked tenants (the authorities) chose greed and self-preservation over submission to God. The religious leaders of Jesus’ time were complacent spiritually and had used their positions of authority and as a result, had resisted and rejected God. The parable serves as an examination of conscience in our lives. For the many times that we have been complacent in our faith and rejected God in our lives, let us then be sorry for those times returning to a right relationship with Him through the Sacrament of Reconciliation.