Matthew 21
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Matthew 21:23-32

23And when he was comeG2064 into the temple, the chiefG749 priestsG749 and the eldersG4245 of the peopleG2992 cameG2064 unto him as he was teachingG1321, and saidG3004, By what authorityG1849 doest thou these thingsG3778? and who gaveG1325 thee this authorityG1849? 24And JesusG2424 answeredG611 and saidG3004 unto them, I alsoG1161 will askG2065 you oneG1520 question, which if ye tellG3004 me, I likewise will tellG3004 you by what authorityG1849 I do these thingsG3778. 25The baptismG908 of JohnG2491, whence wasG1510 it? from heavenG3772 or from menG444? And they reasonedG1260 with themselves, sayingG3004, If we shall sayG3004, From heavenG3772; he will sayG3004 unto us, WhyG5101 thenG3767 did ye not believeG4100 him? 26But if we shall sayG3004, From menG444; we fearG5399 the multitudeG3793; for all holdG2192 JohnG2491 as a prophetG4396. 27And they answeredG611 JesusG2424, and saidG3004, We know not. He alsoG2532 saidG3004 unto them, Neither tellG3004 I you by what authorityG1849 I do these thingsG3778. 28But what thinkG1380 ye? A manG444 had twoG1417 sonsG5043; and he cameG4334 to the firstG4413, and saidG3004, SonG5043, goG5217 workG2038 to-day in the vineyardG290. 29And he answeredG611 and saidG3004, I willG2309 not: but afterward he repented himself, and wentG565. 30And he cameG4334 to the secondG1208, and saidG3004 likewiseG5615. And he answeredG611 and saidG3004, I goG565, sirG2962: and wentG565 not. 31Which of the twoG1417 did the will of his fatherG3962? They sayG3004, The firstG4413. JesusG2424 saith unto them, Verily I sayG3004 unto you, that the publicans and the harlots goG4254 into the kingdomG932 of GodG2316 before you. 32For JohnG2491 cameG2064 unto you in the wayG3598 of righteousnessG1343, and ye believedG4100 him not; but the publicans and the harlots believedG4100 him: and ye, when ye sawG3708 it, did not evenG2532 repent yourselves afterward, that ye might believeG4100 him.

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