Matthew 21:23-32

231When He enteredG2064 the templeG2413 area, the chiefG749 priestsG749 and the eldersG4245 of the peopleG2992 cameG4334 to Him 2while He was teachingG1321, and saidG3004, “By whatG4169 authorityG1849 are You doingG4160 theseG3778 thingsG3778, and whoG5101 gaveG1325 You thisG3778 authorityG1849?” 24But JesusG2424 respondedG611 and saidG3004 to them, “I will alsoG2532 askG2065 you oneG1520 3questionG3056, whichG3739, ifG1437 you tellG3004 Me, I will alsoG2532 tellG3004 you by whatG4169 authorityG1849 I doG4160 theseG3778 thingsG3778. 25The baptismG908 of JohnG2491 was from whatG4159 source: from heavenG3772 orG2228 from menG444?” And they began consideringG1260 the implications amongG1722 themselvesG1438, sayingG3004, “IfG1437 we sayG3004, ‘From heavenG3772,’ He will sayG3004 to us, ‘ThenG3767 whyG1223G5101 did you not believeG4100 him?’ 26But ifG1437 we sayG3004, ‘From menG444,’ we fearG5399 the 4peopleG3793; for they allG3956 regardG2192 JohnG2491 as 5a prophetG4396.” 27And answeringG611 JesusG2424, they saidG3004, “We do not knowG3609.” He alsoG2532 saidG5346 to them, “NeitherG3761 am I tellingG3004 you by whatG4169 authorityG1849 I doG4160 theseG3778 thingsG3778.

28“But whatG5101 do you thinkG1380? A manG444 hadG2192 twoG1417 6sonsG5043, and he cameG4334 to the firstG4413 and saidG3004, ‘7SonG5043, goG5217 workG2038 todayG4594 in the 8vineyardG290.’ 29But he repliedG611G3004, ‘I do not wantG2309 to.’ YetG1161 afterwardG5305 he regrettedG3338 it and wentG565. 30And the man cameG4334 to his secondG1208 son and saidG3004 the sameG5615 thingG5615; and he repliedG611G3004, ‘I will, sirG2962’; and yet he did not goG565. 31WhichG5101 of the twoG1417 didG4160 the willG2307 of his fatherG3962?” They saidG3004, “The firstG4413.” JesusG2424 saidG3004 to them, “TrulyG281 I sayG3004 to you that 9the taxG5057 collectorsG5057 and prostitutesG4204 10will getG4254 into the kingdomG932 of GodG2316 beforeG4254 you. 32For JohnG2491 cameG2064 to you in the wayG3598 of righteousnessG1343 and you did not believeG4100 him; but 11the taxG5057 collectorsG5057 and prostitutesG4204 did believeG4100 him; and you, seeingG3708 this, did not evenG3761 12haveG3338 secondG3338 thoughtsG3338 afterwardG5305 so as to believeG4100 him.