Many things does He intimate by this parable, God's providence, which had been exercised towards them from the first; their murderous disposition from the beginning; that nothing had been omitted of whatever pertained to a heedful care of them;...
-St. John Chrysostom, Homily 68 on Matthew 21, 4th Century


And observe also both His great care, and the excessive idleness of these men for what pertained to the husbandmen, He Himself did ... and He left little for them to do; to take care of what was there, and to preserve what was given to them.
-St. John Chrysostom, Homily 68 on Matthew 21, 4th Century


And where do they take counsel to kill Him? "Out of the vineyard." Do you see how He prophesies even the place where He was to be slain. "And they cast Him out, and slew Him."
-St. John Chrysostom, Homily 68 on Matthew 21, 4th Century


... that even when prophets had been slain, He had not turned away from them, but had sent His very Son; that the God both of the New and of the Old Testament was one and the same; that His death should effect great blessings; that they were to endure extreme punishment for the crucifixion.
-St. John Chrysostom, Homily 68 on Matthew 21, 4th Century


For nothing was left undone, but all accomplished; ... And "He sent His servants," that is, the prophets, "to receive the fruit;" that is, their obedience, the proof of it by their works.
-St. John Chrysostom, Homily 68 on Matthew 21, 4th Century