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23 When Jesus came to the temple, the high priests and the elders of the people came up to him, while he was teaching, and said to him, By what authority do you do these things? and who gave you this authority?
24 Jesus answered and said to them, I will also ask you a word, and if you tell me, I will then tell you by what authority I do these things.
25 Whence is the baptism of John? Is it from heaven, or from men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we should say from heaven, he will say to us, Why then did you not believe him?
26 And if we should say, from men, we are afraid of the people, for all of them regard John as a prophet.
27 So they answered and said to him, We do not know. Jesus said to them, Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
28 What do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first one and said to him, My son, go and work today in the vineyard.
29 He answered and said, I do not want to, but later he regretted and went.
30 And he came to the other one and said to him likewise. And he answered and said, Here am I, my Lord, and yet he did not go.
31 Which of these two did the will of his father? They said to him, The first one. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that even the publicans and the harlots will precede you into the kingdom of God.
32 For John came to you in a righteousness way, and you did not believe him; but the publicans and the harlots believed him; but you, even though you saw, did not repent, so that later you may believe him.
33 Hear another parable. There was a man who was a householder, and he planted a vineyard, and fenced it, and he dug in it a winepress, and built a tower, and then he leased it to laborers, and went away on a journey.
34 And when the fruit season was at hand, he sent his servants to the laborers, that they might send him of the fruits of his vineyard.
35 And the laborers seized his servants, and some were beaten, and some were stoned, and some were killed.
36 Again he sent other servants, many more than the first; and they did likewise to them.
37 At last he sent his son to them, saying, They might feel ashamed before my son.
38 But when the laborers saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him and retain his inheritance.
39 So they seized him, and took him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
40 When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those laborers?
41 They said to him, He will destroy them severely, and lease his vineyard to other laborers, who will give him fruits in their seasons.
42 Jesus said to them, Have you never read in the scripture, The stone which the builders rejected, the same became the cornerstone; this was from the Lord, and it is a marvel in our eyes?
43 Therefore I say to you, that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a people who bear fruits.
44 And whoever falls on this stone will be broken, and on whomever it falls it will scatter him.