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He replied, “I will also ask you a question. Tell me:
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John’s baptism—was it from heaven, or of human origin?”
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They discussed it among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask, ‘Why didn’t you believe him?’
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But if we say, ‘Of human origin,’ all the people will stone us, because they are persuaded that John was a prophet.”
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So they answered, “We don’t know where it was from.”
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Jesus said, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”
The Parable of the Tenants
9 He went on to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it to some farmers and went away for a long time.
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At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants so they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed.