Matthew 21:23-44 When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?"

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23 G2064 When G846 he G2064 had come G1519 into G2411 the temple, G749 the chief priests G2532 and G4245 the elders G2992 of the people G4334 came G846 to him G1321 as he was teaching, G3004 and said, G1722 "By G4169 what G1849 authority G4160 do you G5023 do these things? G5101 Who G1325 gave G4160 you G3778 this G1849 authority?"

24 G2424 Jesus G611 answered G846 them, G2504 "I also G2065 will ask G5209 you G1520 one G3056 question, G3739 which G1437 if G2036 you tell G3427 me, G2504 I likewise G2036 will tell G5213 you G1722 by G4169 what G1849 authority G4160 I do G5023 these things.

25 G908 The baptism G2491 of John, G4159 where G2258 was it G1537 from? G3772 From heaven G2228 or G1537 from G444 men?" G1161 They G1260 reasoned G3844 with G1438 themselves, G3004 saying, G1437 "If G2036 we say, G1537 ‘From G3772 heaven,' G2036 he will ask G1223 us, G5101 ‘Why G3767 then G4100 did you G3756 not G4100 believe G846 him?'

26 G1161 But G1437 if G2036 we say, G1537 ‘From G444 men,' G5399 we fear G3793 the multitude, G1063 for G3956 all G2192 hold G2491 John G5613 as G4396 a prophet."

27 G611 They answered G2424 Jesus, G2036 and said, G1492 "We G3756 don't G846 know." He G2036 also said G846 to them, G3761 "Neither G1473 will I G3004 tell G5213 you G1722 by G4169 what G1849 authority G1473 I G4160 do G5023 these things.

28 G1161 But G5101 what G5213 do you G1380 think? G444 A man G2192 had G1417 two G5043 sons, G2532 and G4334 he came G4413 to the first, G2036 and said, G5043 ‘Son, G5217 go G2038 work G4594 today G1722 in G3450 my G290 vineyard.'

29 G611 He answered, G2036 ‘I G2309 will G3756 not,' G1161 but G5305 afterward G3338 he changed G565 his mind, and went.

30 G2532 He G4334 came G1208 to the second, G2036 and said G5615 the same thing. G611 He answered, G1473 ‘I G2962 go, sir,' G2532 but G3756 he didn't G565 go.

31 G5101 Which G1537 of G1417 the two G4160 did G2307 the will G3962 of his father?" G3004 They said G846 to him, G4413 "The first." G2424 Jesus G3004 said G846 to them, G281 "Most certainly G3004 I tell G5213 you G3754 that G5057 the tax collectors G2532 and G4204 the prostitutes G4254 are entering G1519 into G932 the Kingdom G2316 of God G4254 before G5209 you.

32 G1063 For G2491 John G2064 came G5209 to you G1722 in G3598 the way G1343 of righteousness, G2532 and G3756 you didn't G846 believe him, G1161 but G2532 the tax collectors and G4204 the prostitutes G4100 believed G846 him. G1161 When G5210 you G1492 saw G5210 it, you G3756 didn't G3338 even repent G5305 afterward, G3588 that G4100 you might believe G846 him.

33 G191 "Hear G243 another G444 parable. G2258 There was G5100 a man G3617 who was a master of a household, G3748 who G5452 planted G290 a vineyard, G2532 set G5418 a hedge G4060 about G846 it, G3736 dug G3025 a winepress G1722 in G846 it, G3618 built G4444 a tower, G1554 leased G846 it G1554 out G1092 to farmers, G2532 and G589 went into another country.

34 G3753 When G2540 the season G2590 for the fruit G1448 drew near, G649 he sent G846 his G1401 servants G4314 to G1092 the farmers, G2983 to receive G846 his G2590 fruit.

35 G1092 The farmers G2983 took G846 his G1401 servants, G1194 beat G3303 one, G615 killed G3739 another, G1161 and G3036 stoned G3739 another.

36 G3825 Again, G649 he sent G243 other G1401 servants G4119 more G4413 than the first: G2532 and G4160 they treated G846 them G5615 the same way.

37 G1161 But G649 afterward he sent G4314 to G846 them G846 his G5207 son, G3004 saying, G1788 ‘They will respect G3450 my G5207 son.'

38 G1161 But G1092 the farmers, G1492 when G1492 they saw G5207 the son, G2036 said G1722 among G1438 themselves, G3778 ‘This G2076 is G2818 the heir. G1205 Come, G615 let's kill G846 him, G2532 and G2722 seize G846 his G2817 inheritance.'

39 G2532 So G2983 they took G846 him, G1544 and threw G1854 him out G290 of the vineyard, G2532 and G615 killed him.

40 G3752 When G3767 therefore G2962 the lord G290 of the vineyard G2064 comes, G5101 what G4160 will he do G1092 to G1565 those G1092 farmers?"

41 G3004 They told G846 him, G622 "He will G2560 miserably G622 destroy G846 those G2556 miserable men, G2532 and G1554 will lease out G290 the vineyard G1092 to G243 other G1092 farmers, G3748 who G591 will give G846 him G2590 the fruit G1722 in G846 its G2540 season."

42 G2424 Jesus G3004 said G846 to them, G314 "Did you G3763 never G314 read G1722 in G1124 the Scriptures, G3037 ‘The stone G3739 which G3618 the builders G593 rejected, G3778 the same G1096 was G1519 made G2776 the head G1137 of the corner. G3778 This G1096 was G3844 from G2962 the Lord. G2076 It is G2298 marvelous G1722 in G2257 our G3788 eyes?'

43 G1223 "Therefore G5124 I tell G3754 you, G932 the Kingdom G2316 of God G142 will be taken G575 away from G5216 you, G2532 and G1325 will be given G1484 to a nation G4160 bringing forth G846 its G2590 fruit.

44 G2532 He G4098 who falls G1909 on G5126 this G3037 stone G4917 will be broken G1161 to pieces, but G1909 on G3739 whomever G302 it G4098 will fall, G3039 it will scatter G846 him G3039 as dust."