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And they reasoned with themselves, saying , If we shall say , From heaven; he will say , Why then believed ye him not?
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But and if we say , Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.
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And they answered , that they could not tell whence it was.
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And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
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Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.