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¹¹And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.
¹²And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:
¹³And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
¹⁴And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.
¹⁵And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;
¹⁶And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple.
¹⁷And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
¹⁸And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.
¹⁹And when even was come, he went out of the city.
²⁰And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
²¹And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.
²²And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
²³For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
²⁴Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
²⁵And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
²⁶But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
²⁷And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,
²⁸And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things?
²⁹And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
³⁰The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me.
³¹And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?
³²But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.
³³And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

12And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
²And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
³And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
⁴And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.
⁵And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.
⁶Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
⁷But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.’
⁸And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
⁹What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.
¹⁰And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
¹¹This was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
¹²And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.