kingdom of God before you. 32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen _it_, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him. Luke. CH. XX. 1-8. And it came to pass, _that_ on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon _him_, with the elders, 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. § 116. Parable of the wicked husbandmen. (Third Day Of The Week.) _Jerusalem_. Matthew. Mark. CH. XXI. 33-46. CH. XII. 33 Hear another parable; There And he began to speak unto was a certain householder, them by parables. A _certain_ which planted a vineyard, and man planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and set an hedge about _it_, and digged a wine-press in it, and digged a _place for_ the built a tower, and let it out wine-fat, and built a tower, to husbandmen, and went into a and let it out to husbandmen, far country: and went into a far country. 34 And when the time of the 2 And at the season he sent to fruit drew near, he sent his the husbandmen a servant,(235) servants(234) to the that he might receive from the husbandmen, that they might husbandmen of the fruit of the receive the fruits of it. vineyard. 35 And the husbandmen took his 3 And they caught _him_, and servants, and beat one, and beat him, and sent _him_ away killed another, and stoned empty. another. 36 Again he sent other 4 And again he sent unto them servants more than the first: another servant: and at him and they did unto them they cast stones, and wounded likewise. _him_ in the head, and sent _him_ away shamefully handled. 5 And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some. 37 But last of all, he sent 6 Having yet therefore one unto them his son, saying, son, his well-beloved, he sent They will reverence my son. him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my