Matthew 14:16-21:46 But Jesus said to them, They have no need to go away. You give them food to eat.

LITV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁶ But Jesus said to them, They have no need to go away. You give them food to eat. ¹⁷ But they said to Him, We have nothing here except five loaves and two fish. ¹⁸ And He said, Bring them here to Me. ¹⁹ And commanding the crowds to recline on the grass, and taking the five loaves and two fish, looking up to Heaven, He blessed. And breaking, He gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave to the crowds. ²⁰ And all ate and were satisfied. And they took up the left over pieces, twelve hand baskets full. ²¹ And the ones eating were about five thousand men, besides women and children. ²² And immediately Jesus made His disciples get into a boat and to go before Him to the other side until He should dismiss the crowds. ²³ And having dismissed the crowds, He went up into the mountain alone to pray. And evening coming on, He was there alone. ²⁴ But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, tossed by the waves, for the wind was contrary. ²⁵ But in the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea. ²⁶ And seeing Him walking on the sea, the disciples were troubled, saying, It is a ghost! And they cried out from the fear. ²⁷ But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, Be comforted! I AM! Do not fear. ²⁸ And answering, Him, Peter said, Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the waters. ²⁹ And He said, Come! And going down from the boat, Peter walked on the waters to go to Jesus. ³⁰ But seeing the strong wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, Lord, save me! ³¹ And immediately stretching out the hand, Jesus took hold of him, and said to him, Little-faith, why did you doubt? ³² And coming into the boat, the wind ceased. ³³ And those in the boat came and worshiped Him, saying, Truly, You are the Son of God. ³⁴ And having passed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret. ³⁵ And recognizing Him, the men of that place sent to all that neighborhood, and brought to Him all those who had illness. ³⁶ And they begged Him that they might touch the fringe of His robe. And as many as touched were made perfectly well. ¹⁵ ¹ Then the scribes and Pharisees came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying, ² Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread. ³ But answering He said to them, Why do you also transgress the command of God on account of your tradition? ⁴ For God commanded, saying, "Honor your father and mother," Ex. 20:12; Deut. 5:16 and, "The one speaking evil of father or mother, by death let him die." Ex. 21:17 ⁵ But you say, Whoever says to the father or the mother, A gift, whatever you would gain from me; ⁶ and in no way he honors his father or his mother. And you annulled the command of God on account of your tradition. ⁷ Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, saying: ⁸ "This people draws near to Me with their mouth, and with their lips honor Me; but their heart is far from Me. ⁹ But in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the ordinances of men." Isa. 29:13 ¹⁰ And calling near the crowd, He said to them, Hear and understand: ¹¹ It is not that which has entered into the mouth that defiles the man, but that which has come out of the mouth, this defiles the man. ¹² Then coming, the disciples said to Him, You know that hearing the saying, the Pharisees were offended? ¹³ But answering, He said, Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted shall be rooted up. ¹⁴ Leave them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind; and if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit. ¹⁵ And answering, Peter said to Him, Explain this parable to us. ¹⁶ But Jesus said, Are you also still without understanding? ¹⁷ Do you not yet perceive that everything entering into the mouth goes into the belly, and is thrown out into the waste bowl? ¹⁸ But the things which come out of the mouth come forth from the heart, and these defile the man. ¹⁹ For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, lies, blasphemies. ²⁰ These things are the things defiling the man. But eating with unwashed hands does not defile the man. ²¹ And going out from there, Jesus withdrew to the parts of Tyre and Sidon. ²² And, behold, a woman of Canaan coming forth from those borders cried out to Him, saying, Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is vilely demon-possessed. ²³ But He did not answer her a word. And coming near, His disciples asked Him, saying, Send her away, for she cries out after us. ²⁴ But answering, He said, I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ²⁵ But coming, she worshiped Him, saying, Lord, help me! ²⁶ But answering, He said, It is not good to take the bread of the children to throw it to the little dogs. ²⁷ But she said, Yes, Lord; for even the little dogs eat of the crumbs falling from the table of their lords. ²⁸ Then answering, Jesus said to her, O woman, your faith is great; let it be to you as you desire. And her daughter was healed from that hour. ²⁹ And moving from there, Jesus came beside the Sea of Galilee. And going up into the mountain, He sat there. ³⁰ And great crowds came to Him, having with them lame ones, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others. And they flung them down at the feet of Jesus. And He healed them; ³¹ so that the crowds marveled, seeing the dumb speaking, the maimed sound, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel. ³² But having called near His disciples, Jesus said, I am filled with pity on the crowd, because they already have remained with Me three days and have nothing they may eat. And I do not desire to send them away fasting, that they may not faint in the way. ³³ And His disciples said to Him, From where in a deserted place will come to us so many loaves as to satisfy so great a crowd? ³⁴ And Jesus said to them, How many loaves do you have? And they said, Seven, and a few small fish. ³⁵ And He ordered the crowds to recline on the ground. ³⁶ And taking the seven loaves and the fish, giving thanks, He broke and gave to His disciples, and the disciples to the crowd. ³⁷ And all ate and were satisfied. And they took up the left over pieces, seven lunch baskets full. ³⁸ And the ones eating were four thousand men, besides women and children. ³⁹ And sending away the crowds He went into the boat and came to the borders of Magdala. ¹⁶ ¹ And coming, the Pharisees and Sadducees asked Him to show them a sign out of the heaven, tempting Him. ² But answering, He said to them, Evening coming on, you say, Clear sky, for the sky is red. ³ And at morning, Today a storm, for the sky is red, being overcast. Hypocrites! You indeed know how to discern the face of the heaven, but you cannot the signs of the times. ⁴ An evil and adulterous generation seeks a sign, and a sign will not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet. And leaving them, He went away. ⁵ And His disciples coming to the other side, they forgot to take loaves. ⁶ And Jesus said to them, Watch! And beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. ⁷ And they reasoned among themselves, saying, Because we did not take loaves. ⁸ And knowing, Jesus said to them, Why do you reason among yourselves because you took no loaves, little-faiths? ⁹ Do you not perceive nor recall the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many hand baskets you took up? ¹⁰ Nor the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many lunch baskets you took up? ¹¹ How do you not perceive that it was not about loaves that I said to you to beware of from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees? ¹² Then they knew that He did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but from the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees. ¹³ And coming into the parts of Caesarea of Philip, Jesus questioned His disciples, saying, Whom do men say Me the Son of Man to be? ¹⁴ And they said, Some say John the Baptist, and others Elijah, and others Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. ¹⁵ He said to them, But you, whom do you say Me to be? ¹⁶ And answering, Simon Peter said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. ¹⁷ And answering, Jesus said to him, Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah, for flesh and blood did not reveal it to you, but My Father in Heaven. ¹⁸ And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against her. ¹⁹ And I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of Heaven. And whatever you bind on earth shall occur, having been bound in Heaven. And whatever you may loose on the earth shall be, having been loosed in Heaven. ²⁰ Then He warned His disciples that they should tell no one that He is Jesus the Christ. ²¹ From that time, Jesus began to show to His disciples that it was necessary for Him to go away to Jerusalem, and to suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and to be killed, and to be raised on the third day. ²² And having taken Him near, Peter began to rebuke Him, saying, God be gracious to You, Lord; this shall never be to You. ²³ But turning He said to Peter, Go behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you do not think of the things of God, but the things of men. ²⁴ Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and let him bear his cross, and let him follow Me. ²⁵ For whoever may desire to save his life will lose it. But whoever may lose his life for My sake will find it. ²⁶ For what will a man be benefited if he should gain the whole world, but forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give as an exchange for his soul? ²⁷ For the Son of man is about to come with His angels in the glory of His Father. And then "He will give reward to each according to his actions." LXX-Psa. 61:13; Pro. 24:12; MT-Psa. 62:12 ²⁸ Truly I say to you, There are some standing here who in no way will taste of death until they see the Son of man coming in His kingdom. ¹⁷ ¹ And after six days, Jesus took Peter and James, and his brother John, and brought them up into a high mountain apart. ² And He was transfigured before them, and His face shone like the sun, and His clothing became white as the light. ³ And, behold! Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him. ⁴ And answering, Peter said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here. If You will, let us make three tents here, one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah. ⁵ While he was yet speaking, behold, a radiant cloud overshadowed them. And, behold, a voice out of the cloud saying, This is My Son, the Beloved, in whom I delight; hear Him. Psa. 2:7; Gen. 22:2; Isa. 42:1; Deut. 18:15 ⁶ And hearing, the disciples fell on their face and were greatly terrified. ⁷ And coming near, Jesus touched them and said, Rise up, and do not be terrified. ⁸ And lifting up their eyes, they did not see anyone except Jesus alone. ⁹ And as they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no one until the Son of man is raised from the dead. ¹⁰ And His disciples asked Him, saying, Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first? ¹¹ And answering, Jesus said to them, Elijah indeed comes first and shall restore all things. ¹² But I say to you, Elijah has already come, and they did not know him, but did to him whatever they desired. So also the Son of man is about to suffer by them. ¹³ Then the disciples understood that He spoke to them about John the Baptist. ¹⁴ And they coming to the crowd, a man came near to Him, kneeling down to Him, and saying, ¹⁵ Lord, pity my son. For he is moonstruck and suffers miserably. For he often falls into the fire, and often into the water. ¹⁶ And I brought him to Your disciples, and they were not able to heal him. ¹⁷ And answering, Jesus said, O faithless and perverted generation! How long will I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me. ¹⁸ And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out from him; and the boy was healed from that hour. ¹⁹ Then coming up to Jesus privately, the disciples said, Why were we not able to cast him out? ²⁰ And Jesus said to them, Because of your unbelief. For truly I say to you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard, you will say to this mountain, Move from here to there! And it will move. And nothing shall be impossible to you. ²¹ But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting. ²² And while they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man is about to be delivered into the hands of men. ²³ And they will kill Him, and on the third day He will be raised. And they grieved exceedingly. ²⁴ And they coming into Capernaum, those receiving the didrachmas came to Peter and said, Does your teacher not pay the didrachmas? ²⁵ He said, Yes. And when he entered into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth receive custom or tribute? From their sons or from strangers? ²⁶ Peter said to Him, From strangers. Jesus said to him, Then truly the sons are free. ²⁷ But that we may not offend them, going to the sea, throw in a hook and take the first fish coming up. And opening its mouth, you will find a stater. Taking that, give to them for you and Me. ¹⁸ ¹ In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Who then is greater in the kingdom of Heaven? ² And having called forward a little child, Jesus set him in their midst. ³ And He said, Truly I say to you, Unless you convert and become as the little children, not at all can you enter into the kingdom of Heaven. ⁴ Then whoever will humble himself as this little child, this one is the greater in the kingdom of Heaven. ⁵ And whoever will receive one such little child in My name receives Me. ⁶ But whoever causes one of these little ones believing in Me to offend, it is better for him that a millstone turned by an ass be hung on his neck, and he be sunk in the depth of the sea. ⁷ Woe to the world from its offenses! It is a necessity for the offenses to come, yet woe to that man through whom the offense comes! ⁸ And if your hand or your foot offends you, cut it off and throw it from you; it is good for you to enter into life lame or maimed, than having two hands or two feet to be thrown into the everlasting fire. ⁹ And if your eye offends you, pluck it out and throw it from you; for it is good for you to enter into life one eyed, than having two eyes to be thrown into the Hell of fire. ¹⁰ See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that their angels in Heaven continually look on the face of My Father in Heaven. ¹¹ For the Son of man has come to save that which was lost. ¹² What do you think? If there be to any man a hundred sheep, and one of them strays away, will he not leave the ninety nine on the mountains, and going, seek the straying one ? ¹³ And if he happens to find it, truly I say to you that he rejoices over it more than over the ninety nine not going astray. ¹⁴ So it is not the will before your Father in Heaven that one of these little ones should perish. ¹⁵ But if your brother sins against you, go and reprove him between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother. ¹⁶ But if he does not hear, take one or two more with you, "so that on the mouth of two" or "three witnesses every word may stand". Deut. 19:15 ¹⁷ But if he fails to hear them, tell it to the church. And if he also fails to hear the church, let him be to you as the nations and the tax collector. ¹⁸ Truly I say to you, Whatever you bind on the earth shall occur, having been bound in Heaven. And whatever you loose on the earth shall be, having been loosed in Heaven. ¹⁹ Again I say to you, If two of you agree on earth as to anything, whatever they shall ask, it shall be to them from My Father in Heaven. ²⁰ For where two or three are gathered together in My name, there I am in their midst. ²¹ Then coming up to Him, Peter said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times? ²² Jesus said to him, I do not say to you, Until seven times, but, Until seventy times seven. ²³ For this reason the kingdom of Heaven has been compared to a man, a king, who decided to take account with his slaves. ²⁴ And when he began to reckon, one debtor of ten thousand talents was brought near to him. ²⁵ But he not having any to pay, the lord commanded him to be sold, also his wife and children, and all things, as much as he had, even to pay back. ²⁶ Then falling down, the slave bowed the knee to him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay all to you. ²⁷ And being filled with pity, the lord of that slave released him and forgave him the loan. ²⁸ But going out, that slave found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii. And seizing him, he choked him, saying, Pay me whatever you owe. ²⁹ Then falling down at his feet, his fellow slave begged him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay all to you. ³⁰ But he would not, but going away he threw him into prison until he pay back the amount owing. ³¹ But his fellow slaves, seeing the things happening, they were greatly grieved. And coming they reported to their lord all the things happening. ³² Then calling him near, his lord said to him, Wicked slave! I forgave you all that debt, since you begged me. ³³ Ought you not also to favor your fellow slave, as I also favored you? ³⁴ And being angry, his lord delivered him up to the tormentors until he pay back all that debt to him. ³⁵ So also My heavenly Father will do to you unless each of you from your hearts forgive his brother their trespasses. ¹⁹ ¹ And it happened when Jesus had finished these words, He moved from Galilee and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan. ² And great crowds followed Him, and He healed them there. ³ And the Pharisees came near to Him, tempting Him, and saying to Him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every reason? ⁴ But answering, He said to them, Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning "created them male and female"? Gen. 1:27 ⁵ And He said, "For this reason a man shall leave father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh." Gen. 2:24 ⁶ So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let not man separate. ⁷ They said to Him, Why then did Moses command to "give a bill of divorce," "and to put her away"? Deut. 24:1 ⁸ He said to them, In view of your hardheartedness, Moses allowed you to put away your wives. But from the beginning it was not so. ⁹ And I say to you, Whoever shall put away his wife, if not for fornication, and shall marry another, that one commits adultery. And the one who marries her who was put away commits adultery. ¹⁰ His disciples said to Him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry. ¹¹ But He said to them, Not all receive this word, but those to whom it is given. ¹² For there are eunuchs who were born thus from their mother's womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who made eunuchs of themselves for the sake of the kingdom of Heaven. He who is able to receive, let him receive it. ¹³ Then little children were brought to Him, that He might lay hands on them and might pray. But the disciples rebuked them. ¹⁴ But Jesus said, Allow the little children and do not prevent them to come to Me, for of such is the kingdom of Heaven. ¹⁵ And laying hands on them, He went away from there. ¹⁶ And, behold, coming near, one said to Him, Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life? ¹⁷ And He said to him, Why do you call Me good? No one is good except One, God! But if you desire to enter into life, keep the commandments. ¹⁸ He said to Him, Which? And Jesus said, "You shall not commit murder, nor commit adultery, nor steal, nor bear false witness, ¹⁹ honor your father and your mother," and, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Ex. 20:12-16; Lev. 19:18; Deut. 5:16-20 ²⁰ The young man said to Him, All these things I have kept from my youth. What do I still lack? ²¹ Jesus said to him, If you desire to be perfect, go sell your property and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in Heaven; and come, follow Me. ²² But hearing the word, being grieved, the young man went away, for he had many possessions. ²³ And Jesus said to His disciples, Truly I say to you that a rich man will with great difficulty enter into the kingdom of Heaven. ²⁴ And again I say to you, It is easier for a camel to pass through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. ²⁵ And His disciples were exceedingly astonished when they heard this, saying, Who then can be saved? ²⁶ But looking on them, Jesus said to them, With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible. ²⁷ Then answering, Peter said to Him, Behold, we left all things and followed You. What then shall be to us? ²⁸ And Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, You who have followed Me, in the regeneration when the Son of man sits on the throne of His glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. ²⁹ And everyone who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for My name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life. ³⁰ But many first ones shall be last, and last ones first. ²⁰ ¹ For the kingdom of Heaven is like a man, a housemaster, who went out when it was early to hire workers into his vineyard. ² And agreeing with the workers for a denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard. ³ And going out about the third hour, he saw others standing idle in the market. ⁴ And he said to them, You also go into the vineyard, and I will give you whatever is just. And they went. ⁵ Again, going out about the sixth and ninth hour, he did the same. ⁶ And going out about the eleventh hour, he found others standing idle, and said to them, Why do you stand here idle all day? ⁷ They said to him, Because no one has hired us. He said to them, You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is just. ⁸ But evening coming, the Lord of the vineyard said to his manager, Call the workers and pay them the wage, beginning from the last to the first. ⁹ And the ones coming the eleventh hour each received a denarius. ¹⁰ And coming, the first supposed that they would receive more. And they also each received a denarius. ¹¹ And receiving it, they murmured against the housemaster, ¹² saying, These last have performed one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the heat of the day. ¹³ But answering, he said to one of them, Friend, I am not unjust to you. Did you not agree to a denarius with me? ¹⁴ Take yours and go. But I desire to give to this last as also to you. ¹⁵ Or is it not lawful for me to do what I desire with my things? Or is your eye evil because I am good? ¹⁶ So the last shall be first, and the first last; for many are called, but few chosen. ¹⁷ And going up to Jerusalem, Jesus took the twelve disciples aside in the way, and said to them, ¹⁸ Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be betrayed to the chief priests and scribes. And they will condemn Him to death. ¹⁹ And they will deliver Him up to the nations to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify. And the third day He will rise again. ²⁰ Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came near to Him, along with her sons, worshipping, and asking something from Him. ²¹ And He said to her, What do you desire? She said to Him, Say that these two sons of mine may sit one on Your right, and one on Your left in Your Kingdom. ²² But answering, Jesus said, You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup which I am about to drink, and to be baptized with the baptism with which I am to be baptized? They said to Him, We are able. ²³ And He said to them, Indeed you shall drink My cup, and you shall be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized; but to sit off My right and off My left hand is not Mine to give, but to those for whom it was prepared by My Father. ²⁴ And hearing, the ten were indignant about the two brothers. ²⁵ But having called them, Jesus said, You know that the rulers of the nations exercise lordship over them, and the great ones exercise authority over them. ²⁶ But it will not be so among you. But whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. ²⁷ And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your servant; ²⁸ Even as the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many. ²⁹ And as they were going out from Jericho, a great crowd followed Him. ³⁰ And, behold, two blind ones sitting beside the way, hearing that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, saying, Have pity on us, Lord, Son of David! ³¹ But the crowd rebuked them, that they be quiet. But they cried out the more, saying, Have pity on us, Lord, Son of David! ³² And stopping, Jesus called them, and said, What do you desire that I do to you? ³³ They said to Him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. ³⁴ And moved with pity, Jesus touched their eyes. And instantly their eyes received sight, and they followed Him. ²¹ ¹ And when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, toward the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, ² saying to them, Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find an ass tied, and a colt with her. Loosen them and lead them to Me. ³ And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, The Lord has need of them. And he will send them at once. ⁴ But all this happened that might be fulfilled that spoken by the prophet, saying: ⁵ "Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your King comes to you, meek and mounted on an ass, even a colt, the son of an ass." Isa. 62:11; Zech. 9:9 ⁶ And the disciples, going and doing as Jesus ordered them, ⁷ they led the ass and the colt. And they put on them their garments, and set Him on them. ⁸ And most of the crowd spread their garments on the road. And others were cutting branches from the trees and were spreading them in the road. ⁹ And the crowd, the ones going before and the ones following, were crying out, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! "Blessed is He coming in the name of the Lord"! Hosanna in the highest! Psa. 118:25, 26 ¹⁰ And as He entered into Jerusalem, all the city was shaken, saying, Who is this? ¹¹ And the crowds said, This is Jesus, the Prophet, the one from Nazareth of Galilee. ¹² And Jesus entered into the temple of God and threw out all those selling and buying in the temple. And He overthrew the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling the doves. ¹³ And He said to them, It has been written, "My house shall be called a house of prayer," but you have "made it a den of robbers." Isa. 56:7; Jer. 7:11 ¹⁴ And blind and lame ones came to Him in the temple, and He healed them. ¹⁵ But the chief priests and the scribes, seeing the wonders which He did, and the children crying out in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, they were incensed. ¹⁶ And they said to Him, Do you hear what these say? And Jesus said to them, Yes. Did you never read, "Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings You have perfected praise?" LXX-Psa. 8:3; MT-Psa. 8:2 ¹⁷ And leaving them, He went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there. ¹⁸ And returning early to the city, He hungered. ¹⁹ And seeing one fig tree by the road, He went up to it, and found nothing on it except leaves only. And He said to it, Let there be no more fruit from you forever. And the fig tree immediately dried up. ²⁰ And seeing, the disciples marveled, saying, How quickly the fig tree is dried up! ²¹ And answering, Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, If you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do the miracle of the fig tree, but even if you should say to this mountain, Be taken up and thrown into the sea, it will be so. ²² And all things, whatever you may ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive. ²³ And He, coming into the temple, the chief priests and elders of the people came near to Him as He was teaching, saying, By what authority do you do these things? And who gave this authority to you? ²⁴ And answering, Jesus said to them, I also will ask you one thing, which if you tell Me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. ²⁵ The baptism of John, from where was it? From Heaven, or from men? And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we shall say, From Heaven, He will say to us, Why then did you not believe him? ²⁶ But if we should say, From men, we fear the people. For all hold John to be a prophet. ²⁷ And answering Jesus, they said, We do not know. And He said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things. ²⁸ But what do you think? A man had two children, and coming to the first he said, Child, go today; work in my vineyard. ²⁹ And answering, he said, I will not. But afterward, feeling sorry, he went. ³⁰ And coming to the second, he said the same. And answering, he said, I go, sir; but he did not leave. ³¹ Which of the two did the will of the father? They said to Him, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, the tax collectors and the harlots go before you into the kingdom of God. ³² For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax-collectors and the harlots believed him. And seeing, you did not repent afterwards to believe him. ³³ Hear another parable: There was a certain man, a house master, who planted a vineyard and placed a hedge around it; and he dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. And he rented it to vinedressers and left the country. Isa. 5:1, 2 ³⁴ And when the season of the fruits came, he sent his slaves to the vinedressers to receive his fruits. ³⁵ And the vinedressers, taking his slaves, they beat this one, and they killed one, and they stoned another. ³⁶ Again he sent other slaves, more than the first. And they did the same to them. ³⁷ And at last he sent his son to them, saying, They will have respect for my son. ³⁸ But seeing the son, the vinedressers said among themselves, This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and get hold of his inheritance. ³⁹ And taking him, they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him . ⁴⁰ Therefore, when the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to these vinedressers? ⁴¹ They said to Him, Bad men! He will miserably destroy them, and he will rent out the vineyard to other vinedressers who will give to him the fruits in their seasons. ⁴² Jesus said to them, Did you never read in the Scriptures, "A Stone which the builders rejected is the One that has become the head of the corner. This was from the Lord, and it is a wonder in our eyes?" Psa. 118:22, 23 ⁴³ Because of this I say to you, The kingdom of God will be taken from you, and it will be given to a nation bringing forth the fruits of it. ⁴⁴ And he who falls on this Stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder. ⁴⁵ And hearing His parables, the chief priests and the Pharisees knew that He was speaking about them. ⁴⁶ And seeking to lay hold of Him, they feared the crowds, because they held Him as a prophet.