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And they reasonedwiththemselves,saying* , If we shall say , Fromheaven; he will say , Whythen believed yehimnot?
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But andif we say , Ofmen;all the people will stoneus:for they bepersuaded that Johnwas a prophet.
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And they answered , that they couldnottellwhence it was.
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AndJesussaid unto them,NeithertellIyoubywhatauthority I do these things.
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Then began he to speakto the peoplethisparable;A certainmanplanted a vineyard,andletitforth to husbandmen,and went into a far country for a longtime.
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Andat the season he sent a servantto the husbandmen,that they should givehimof the fruit of the vineyard:but the husbandmenbeathim, and sent him awayempty.
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Andagain he sentanotherservant:and they beat him also,and entreated him shamefully , and sent him awayempty.
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Andagain he sent a third:and they woundedhimalso, and cast him out .