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So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” Then he said, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
The Parable of the Two Sons
28“What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’
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“ ‘I will not,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went.
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“Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I will, sir,’ but he did not go.
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“Which of the two did what his father wanted?”“The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you.
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For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.
The Parable of the Tenants
33“Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.
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When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit.
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“The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
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Then he sent other servants to them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way.
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Last of all, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.