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20:1 Now one <1520> day <2250>, as Jesus <846> was teaching <1321> the people <2992> in <1722> the temple courts <2411> and <2532> proclaiming the gospel <2097>, the chief priests <749> and <2532> the experts in the law <1122> with <4862> the elders <4245> came up <2186> 20:2 and <2532> said to <4314> him <846>, “Tell <2036> us <2254>: By <1722> what <4169> authority <1849> are you doing <4160> these things <5023>? Or <2228> who <5101> it is <1510> who gave <1325> you <4671> this <3778> authority <1849>?” 20:3 He answered <2036> answered <611> them <846>, “I will <2065> also ask <2065> you <5209> a question <3056>, and <2532> you tell <2036> me <3427>: 20:4 John’s <2491> baptism <908>– was it <1510> from <1537> heaven <3772> or <2228> from <1537> people <444>?” 20:5 So <1161> they discussed <4817> it with <4314> one another <1438>, saying <3004>, “If <1437> we say <2036>, ‘From <1537> heaven <3772>,’ he will say <2046>, ‘Why <5101> did you <4100> not <3756> believe <4100> him <846>?’ 20:6 But <1161> if <1437> we say <2036>, ‘From <1537> people <444>,’ all <537> the people <2992> will stone <2642> us <2248>, because <1063> they are convinced <3982> that John <2491> was <1510> a prophet <4396>.” 20:7 So <2532> they replied <611> that they did not <3361> know <1492> where <4159> it came from. 20:8 Then <2532> Jesus <2424> said <2036> to them <846>, “Neither <3761> will <3004> I <1473> tell <3004> you <5213> by <1722> whose <4169> authority <1849> I do <4160> these things <5023>.” 20:9 Then <1161> he began <756> to <4314> tell <3004> the people <2992> this <3778> parable <3850>: “A man <444> planted <5452> a vineyard <290>, leased <1554> it <846> to tenant farmers <1092>, and <2532> went on a journey <589> for a <5550> long <2425> time <5550>. 20:10 When <2532> harvest time came <2540>, he sent <649> a slave <1401> to <4314> the tenants <1092> so that <2443> they would give <1325> him <846> his portion <2590> of the crop <290>. However <1161>, the tenants <1092> beat <1194> his slave and sent <1821> him <846> away <1821> empty-handed <2756>. 20:11 So <2532> he sent <3992> another <2087> slave <1401>. They beat <1194> this one too <2548>, treated <818> him outrageously <818>, and <2532> sent <1821> him away <1821> empty-handed <2756>. 20:12 So <2532> he sent still <4369> a third <5154>. They even wounded <5135> this one <5126>, and <2532> threw <1544> him out <1544>. 20:13 Then <1161> the owner <2962> of the vineyard <290> said <2036>, ‘What <5101> should I do <4160>? I will send <3992> my <3450> one dear <27> son <5207>; perhaps <2481> they <5126> will respect <1788> him.’

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