New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Mark 11
28 and began saying to Him, "By what authority are You doing these things, or who gave You this authority to do these things?"
29 And Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one question, and you answer Me, and then I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
30 Was the baptism of John from heaven, or from men? Answer Me."
31 They began reasoning among themselves, saying, "If we say, ’From heaven,’ He will say, ’Then why did you not believe him?’
32 But shall we say, ’From men’?"-they were afraid of the people, for everyone considered John to have been a real prophet.
33 Answering Jesus, they *said, "We do not know." And Jesus *said to them, "Nor will I tell you by what authority I do these things."
Mark 12
1 And He began to speak to them in parables: "A man PLANTED A VINEYARD AND PUT A WALL AROUND IT, AND DUG A VAT UNDER THE WINE PRESS AND BUILT A TOWER, and rented it out to vine-growers and went on a journey.
2 At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, in order to receive some of the produce of the vineyard from the vine-growers.
3 They took him, and beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
4 Again he sent them another slave, and they wounded him in the head, and treated him shamefully.
5 And he sent another, and that one they killed; and so with many others, beating some and killing others.
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