y: and saith unto it, Let no fruit spring
from thee henceforth for ever: and immediately the fig-tree withered
entirely away. (20)And when his disciples saw it, they marvelled,
saying, How suddenly is the fig-tree withered away! (21)But Jesus
addressing them, said, Verily I tell you, if ye have faith, and
entertain no doubt, not only shall ye do what is done to the fig-tree,
but if ye should even say to this mountain, Be lifted up, and be cast
into the sea, it be done. (22)And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in
prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

(23)And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the
elders of the people came to him, as he was teaching, demanding, By
what authority doest thou these things? And who gave thee this
authority? (24)Then Jesus answering, said to them, I also will ask you
one question, which if ye answer me, then will I tell you by what
authority I do these things. (25)The baptism of John whence was it?
from heaven, or from men? Hereupon they reasoned among themselves,
saying, If we reply, From heaven, he will say to us, Why then did ye
not believe him? (26)But if we say, From men, we are afraid of the
populace, for they all hold John as a prophet. (27)So they answered
Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. Then said he also to them, Neither
tell I you by what authority I do these things.

(28)But what think ye? A man had two sons; and coming to the first he
said, Son, go work to-day in my vineyard. (29)But he answering said, I
will not: yet repenting afterwards, he went. (30)And coming to the
other, he spake after the same manner, and he replying, said, I go,
sir; yet went not. (31)Which of the two did the will of his father?
They say to him, The first. Jesus saith to them, Verily I say unto you,
That tax-gatherers and harlots shall go before you into the kingdom of
God. (32)For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye
believed him not: but the tax-gatherers and harlots believed on him.
But ye, when ye saw it, repented not afterwards, that ye should believe
on him.

(33)Hear another parable: There was a certain man, the master of a
family, who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged in
it a wine-press, and built a tower, and hired it out to husbandmen, and
went into a distant country. (34)But when the season for fruits drew
near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen to receive his fruits.
(35)And the husbandmen took his servants, one they beat,