Matthew:21:23-22
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And when he was come (
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into the temple ,
the chief priests and the elders of the people came (
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unto him as he was teaching (
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and said (
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By what authority doest thou (
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these things ?
and who gave (
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thee this authority ?
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And Jesus answered (
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and said (
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unto them ,
I also will ask (
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you one thing ,
which if ye tell (
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me ,
I in like wise will tell (
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you by what authority I do (
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these things .
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The baptism of John ,
whence was it (
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from heaven ,
or of men ?
And they reasoned (
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with themselves ,
saying (
5723 ),
If we shall say (
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From heaven ;
he will say (
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unto us ,
Why did ye not then believe (
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him ?
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But if we shall say (
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Of men ;
we fear (
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the people ;
for all hold (
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John as a prophet .
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And they answered (
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Jesus ,
and said (
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We cannot tell (
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And he said (
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unto them ,
Neither tell (
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I you by what authority I do (
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these things .
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But what think (
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ye ?
A certain man had (
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two sons ;
and he came (
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to the first ,
and said (
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Son ,
go (
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work (
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to day in my vineyard .
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He answered (
5679 )
and said (
5627 ),
I will (
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not :
but afterward he repented (
5679 ),
and went (
5627 ).
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And he came (
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to the second ,
and said (
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likewise .
And he answered (
5679 )
and said (
5627 ),
I go ,
sir :
and went (
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not .
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Whether of them twain did (
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the will of his father ?
They say (
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unto him ,
The first .
Jesus saith (
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unto them ,
Verily I say (
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unto you ,
That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before (
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you .
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For John came (
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unto you in the way of righteousness ,
and ye believed (
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him not :
but the publicans and the harlots believed (
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him :
and ye ,
when ye had seen (
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it ,
repented (
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not afterward ,
that ye might believe (
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him .
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Hear (
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another parable :
There was (
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a certain householder ,
which planted (
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a vineyard ,
and hedged it round about (
5656 ),
and digged (
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a winepress in it ,
and built (
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a tower ,
and let it out (
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to husbandmen ,
and went into a far country (
5656 ):
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And when the time of the fruit drew near (
5656 ),
he sent (
5656 )
his servants to the husbandmen ,
that they might receive (
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the fruits of it .
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And the husbandmen took (
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his servants ,
and beat (
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one ,
and killed (
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another ,
and stoned (
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another .
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Again ,
he sent (
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other servants more than the first :
and they did (
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unto them likewise .
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But last of all he sent (
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unto them his son ,
saying (
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They will reverence (
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my son .
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But when the husbandmen saw (
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the son ,
they said (
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among themselves ,
This is (
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the heir ;
come (
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let us kill (
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him ,
and let us seize (
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on his inheritance .
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And they caught (
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him ,
and cast (
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him out of the vineyard ,
and slew (
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him .
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When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh (
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what will he do (
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unto those husbandmen ?
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They say (
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unto him ,
He will miserably destroy (
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those wicked men ,
and will let out (
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his vineyard unto other husbandmen ,
which shall render (
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him the fruits in their seasons .
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Jesus saith (
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unto them ,
Did ye never read (
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in the scriptures ,
The stone which the builders (
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rejected (
5656 ),
the same is become (
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the head of the corner :
this is the Lords doing (
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and it is (
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marvellous in our eyes ?
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Therefore say I (
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unto you ,
The kingdom of God shall be taken (
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from you ,
and given (
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to a nation bringing forth (
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the fruits thereof .
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And whosoever shall fall (
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on this stone shall be broken (
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but on whomsoever it shall fall (
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it will grind him to powder (
5692 ).
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And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard (
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his parables ,
they perceived (
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that he spake (
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of them .
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But when they sought (
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to lay hands (
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on him ,
they feared (
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the multitude ,
because they took (
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him for a prophet .