21. And Jesus answered them, Truly I say to you, if you have faith (a firm relying trust) and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, Be taken up and cast into the sea, it will be done.
22. And whatever you ask for in prayer, having faith and [really] believing, you will receive.
23. And when He entered the sacred enclosure of the temple, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him as He was teaching and said, By what power of authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this power of authority?
24. Jesus answered them, I also will ask you a question, and if you give Me the answer, then I also will tell you by what power of authority I do these things.
25. The baptism of John–from where was it? From heaven or from men? And they reasoned and argued with one another, If we say, From heaven, He will ask us, Why then did you not believe him?
26. But if we say, From men–we are afraid of and must reckon with the multitude, for they all regard John as a prophet.
27. So they answered Jesus, We do not know. And He said to them, Neither will I tell you by what power of authority I do these things.
28. What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He came to the first and said, Son, go and work today in the vineyard.
29. And he answered, I will not; but afterward he changed his mind and went.
30. Then the man came to the second and said the same [thing]. And he replied, I will [go], sir; but he did not go.
31. Which of the two did the will of the father? They replied, The first one. Jesus said to them, Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the harlots will get into the kingdom of heaven before you.
32. For John came to you walking in the way of an upright man in right standing with God, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the harlots did believe him; and you, even when you saw that, did not afterward change your minds and believe him [adhere to, trust in, and rely on what he told you].
33. Listen to another parable: There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a hedge around it and dug a wine vat in it and built a watchtower. Then he let it out [for rent] to tenants and went into another country.
34. When the fruit season drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to get his [share of the] fruit.