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thee this authority?
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And Jesus answered and said unto them,
I also will ask you one thing, which
if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
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The baptism of John,
whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall
say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?
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But if we shall say,
Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
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And they answered Jesus, and said,
We cannot tell. And he said unto them,
Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
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But what think ye? A
certain
man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go
work to day in my vineyard.
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He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and
went.
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And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I
go,
sir: and
went not.
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Whether of them twain did the will of
his
father?
They say unto him, The first. Jesus
saith unto them,
Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of
God before you.
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For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not:
but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen
it,
repented not afterward,
that ye might believe him.
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Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged
it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and
went into a far country:
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And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the
husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.
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And the husbandmen took his servants, and
beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
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Again, he sent other servants more than the
first: and they did unto them likewise.
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But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They
will reverence my son.
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But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves,
This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
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And they caught him,
and cast
him
out of the vineyard, and slew
him.
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When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh,
what will he do unto those husbandmen?
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They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those
wicked men, and will let out
his
vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits
in their seasons.
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Jesus saith unto them,
Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the
builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is
marvellous in our eyes?
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Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you,
and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
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And whosoever shall fall on this stone
shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
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And when the chief
priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
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But when
they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
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And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
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The kingdom of heaven is
like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
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And sent forth his servants to call
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