Luke 20:1–9
1On one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the Good News, the priests and scribes came to him with the elders.↗
2They asked him, “Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? Or who is giving you this authority?”↗
3He answered them,“I also will ask you one question. Tell me:↗
4the baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?”↗
5They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why didn’t you believe him?’↗
6But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.”↗
7They answered that they didn’t know where it was from.↗
8Jesus said to them,“Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”↗
9He began to tell the people this parable:“A man planted a vineyard and rented it out to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time.↗
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