42:019:048 And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him. 42:020:001 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, 42:020:002 And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority? 42:020:003 And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me: 42:020:004 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? 42:020:005 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not? 42:020:006 But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet. 42:020:007 And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was. 42:020:008 And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things. 42:020:009 Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time. 42:020:010 And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty. 42:020:011 And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty. 42:020:012 And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out. 42:020:013 Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him. 42:020:014 But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours. 42:020:015 So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them? 42:020:016 He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid. 42:020:017 And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? 42:020:018 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. 42:020:019 And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.