[23] And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou and who gave authority? [24] And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask one thing, which if ye tell I in like wise will tell by what authority I do [25] The baptism of John, whence from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say not then believe him? [26] But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet. [27] And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I by what authority I do [28] But what think A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in vineyard. [29] He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went. [30] And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not. [31] Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say That the publicans and the harlots into the kingdom of God before [32] For John came unto in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him. [33] Hear another parable: a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: [34] And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. [35] And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. [36] Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise. [37] But last of all he sent unto them son, saying, They will reverence son. [38] But when the husbandmen the son, they said among themselves, This the heir; come, let us kill him, and on his inheritance. [39] And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew [40] When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen? [41] 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. [42] Jesus saith unto them, 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 marvellous in eyes? [43] Therefore say I The kingdom of God shall be taken from and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. [44] And whosoever shall fall on stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, him to powder. [45] And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them. [46] But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, they took him a prophet.