Matthew 21

21:24  And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one question¹, which if ye tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.

21:25  The baptism of John, whence was it¹? from heaven or from men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven²; he will say unto us, Why then did ye not believe him?

21:26  But if we shall say, From men¹; we fear the multitude; for all hold John as a prophet.

21:27  And they answered Jesus, and said, We know not¹. He also said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

21:28  But what think ye¹? A man had two sons²; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to-day in the vineyard.

21:29  And he answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented himself, and went¹.

21:30  And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I [go], sir: and went not¹.

21:31  Which of the two did the will of his father? They say, The first¹. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, that the publicans and the harlots² go into the kingdom of God before you³.

21:32  For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye saw it, did not even repent yourselves afterward, that ye might believe him.

21:33  Hear another parable: There was a man that was a householder¹, who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.

21:34  And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, to receive his fruits.

21:35  And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one¹, and killed another, and stoned another.

21:37  But afterward he sent unto them his son¹, saying, They will reverence my son.

21:38  But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him¹, and take his inheritance.

21:39  And they took him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him¹.

21:41  They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those miserable men¹, and will let out the vineyard unto other husbandmen, who shall render him the fruits in their seasons.

21:42  Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected¹, The same was made the head of the corner; This was from the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes?

21:44  And he that falleth on this stone shall be broken to pieces: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust¹.

21:46  And when they sought to lay hold on him¹, they feared the multitudes, because they took him for a prophet.