We have by now moved from Matthew to John in our journey from Palm Sunday to the foot of the cross; but it is remarkable how many of the themes converge. The link between Jesus and the Temple is strong throughout John, and it is John who dates the crucifixion of the lamb of God at the moment when the Passover lambs are being killed in the Temple. Matthew tells of the workers in the vineyard; John’s Jesus is the true vine. Matthew’s Jesus speaks of the messianic banquet from which one guest was excluded;