Luke 20:2 And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest
thou
these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?
3 And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and
answer me:
4 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?
5 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From
heaven;
he will say, Why then believed ye him not?
6 But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be
persuaded that John was a prophet.
7 And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.
8 And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do
these
things.
9 ¶Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man
planted
a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country
for
a long time.
10 And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they
should
give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and
sent
him away empty.
11 And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and
entreated
him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
12 And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him
out.
13 Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my
beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.
14 But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves,
saying,
This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
15 So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore
shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?
16 He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the
vineyard
to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.
17 And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The
stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the
corner?
18 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on
whomsoever
it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
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