Matthew:21:23-22

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ylt @Matthew:21:23 @And he having come to the temple , there came to him when teaching the chief priests and the elders of the people , saying , 'By what authority dost thou do these things ? and who gave thee this authority ?' ylt @Matthew:21:24 @And Jesus answering said to them , 'I will ask you -- I also -- one word , which if ye may tell me , I also will tell you by what authority I do these things ; ylt @Matthew:21:25 @the baptism of John , whence was it ? -- from heaven , or from men ?' And they were reasoning with themselves , saying , 'If we should say , From heaven ; he will say to us , Wherefore , then , did ye not believe him ? ylt @Matthew:21:26 @and if we should say , From men , we fear the multitude , for all hold John as a prophet .' ylt @Matthew:21:27 @And answering Jesus they said , 'We have not known .' He said to them -- he also -- 'Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things . ylt @Matthew:21:28 @'And what think ye ? A man had two children , and having come to the first , he said , Child , go , to-day be working in my vineyard .' ylt @Matthew:21:29 @And he answering said , 'I will not ,' but at last , having repented , he went . ylt @Matthew:21:30 @'And having come to the second , he said in the same manner , and he answering said , I [go ], sir , and went not ; ylt @Matthew:21:31 @which of the two did the will of the father ?' They say to him , 'The first .' Jesus saith to them , 'Verily I say to you , that the tax-gatherers and the harlots do go before you into the reign of God , ylt @Matthew:21:32 @for John came unto you in the way of righteousness , and ye did not believe him , and the tax-gatherers and the harlots did believe him , and ye , having seen , repented not at last -- to believe him . ylt @Matthew:21:33 @'Hear ye another simile : There was a certain man , a householder , who planted a vineyard , and did put a hedge round it , and digged in it a wine-press , and built a tower , and gave it out to husbandmen , and went abroad . ylt @Matthew:21:34 @'And when the season of the fruits came nigh , he sent his servants unto the husbandmen , to receive the fruits of it , ylt @Matthew:21:35 @and the husbandmen having taken his servants , one they scourged , and one they killed , and one they stoned . ylt @Matthew:21:36 @'Again he sent other servants more than the first , and they did to them in the same manner . ylt @Matthew:21:37 @'And at last he sent unto them his son , saying , They will reverence my son ; ylt @Matthew:21:38 @and the husbandmen having seen the son , said among themselves , This is the heir , come , we may kill him , and may possess his inheritance ; ylt @Matthew:21:39 @and having taken him , they cast [him ] out of the vineyard , and killed him ; ylt @Matthew:21:40 @whenever therefore the lord of the vineyard may come , what will he do to these husbandmen ?' ylt @Matthew:21:41 @They say to him , 'Evil men -- he will evilly destroy them , and the vineyard will give out to other husbandmen , who will give back to him the fruits in their seasons .' ylt @Matthew:21:42 @Jesus saith to them , 'Did ye never read in the Writings , A stone that the builders disallowed , it became head of a corner ; from the Lord hath this come to pass , and it is wonderful in our eyes . ylt @Matthew:21:43 @'Because of this I say to you , that the reign of God shall be taken from you , and given to a nation bringing forth its fruit ; ylt @Matthew:21:44 @and he who is falling on this stone shall be broken , and on whomsoever it may fall it will crush him to pieces .' ylt @Matthew:21:45 @And the chief priests and the Pharisees having heard his similes , knew that of them he speaketh , ylt @Matthew:21:46 @and seeking to lay hold on him , they feared the multitudes , seeing they were holding him as a prophet .

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