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And he leftthem, and went out of the cityintoBethany;and he lodgedthere.
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Now in the morning as he returnedinto the city, he hungered .
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And when he sawa fig treein the way, he cametoit,andfoundnothingthereon*, butleavesonly,andsaid unto it,Let nofruitgrowontheehenceforwardforever.Andpresently the fig tree withered away .
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And when the disciplessaw it, they marvelled , saying , Howsoon is the fig tree withered away !
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Jesusansweredandsaid unto them,Verily I say unto you,If ye havefaith,anddoubtnot, ye shallnotonlydothis which is done to the fig tree,but also if ye shall say unto thismountain, Be thou removed , and be thou castinto the sea; it shall be done .
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And all things,whatsoeverye shall askinprayer,believing , ye shall receive .
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And when he was comeinto the temple, the chief priestsand the elders of the peoplecame unto him as he was teaching , and said , Bywhatauthority doest thou these things?andwhogavetheethisauthority?
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AndJesusanswered and said unto them, I also will askyouonething,whichif ye tellme, I in like wise will tellyoubywhatauthority I do these things.
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The baptism of John,whence was it ? fromheaven,orofmen?And they reasonedwiththemselves,saying , If we shall say , Fromheaven; he will say unto us,Why did yenotthenbelievehim?
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Butif we shall say , Ofmen; we fear the people;forallholdJohnas a prophet.
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And they answeredJesus, and said , We cannottell . Andhesaid unto them,NeithertellIyoubywhatauthority I do these things.
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Butwhatthinkye? A certain manhadtwosons;and he came to the first, and said , Son,gowork to dayinmyvineyard.
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He answered* and said , I willnot:butafterward he repented , and went .
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And he came to the second, and saidlikewise.And he answered and said , I go, sir:andwentnot.
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Whetherof them twaindid the will of his father? They say unto him, The first.Jesussaith unto them,Verily I say unto you,That the publicansand the harlotsgointo the kingdom of Godbeforeyou.
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ForJohncameuntoyouin the way of righteousness,and ye believedhimnot:but the publicansand the harlotsbelievedhim:andye, when ye had seen it, repentednotafterward, that ye might believehim.
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Hearanotherparable: There was a certain*householder,whichplanted a vineyard,andhedgedit round about , anddigged a winepressinit,andbuilt a tower,andletitout to husbandmen,and went into a far country :
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Andwhen the time of the fruit drew near , he senthisservantsto the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.
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And the husbandmentookhisservants, and beatone*, andkilledanother,andstonedanother.
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Again, he sentotherservantsmore than the first:and they did unto themlikewise.
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But last of all he sentuntothemhisson,saying , They will reverencemyson.