14. And blind and lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
15. And when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonders which he wrought, and the children crying in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, they were indignant,
16. and said to him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus says to them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
17. And leaving them he went forth out of the city to Bethany, and there he passed the night.
18. But early in the morning, as he came back into the city, he hungered.
19. And seeing one fig-tree in the way, he came to it and found on it nothing but leaves only. And he says to it, Let there be never more fruit of thee for ever. And the fig-tree was immediately dried up.
20. And when the disciples saw it, they wondered, saying, How immediately is the fig-tree dried up!
21. And Jesus answering said to them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and do not doubt, not only shall ye do what is done to the fig-tree, but even if ye should say to this mountain, Be thou taken away and be thou cast into the sea, it shall come to pass.
22. And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
23. And when he came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, saying, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?
24. And Jesus answering said to them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things:
25. The baptism of John, whence was it? of heaven or of men? And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we should say, Of heaven, he will say to us, Why then have ye not believed him?
26. but if we should say, Of men, we fear the crowd, for all hold John for a prophet.
27. And answering Jesus they said, We do not know. He also said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
28. But what think ye? A man had two children, and coming to the first he said, Child, go to-day, work in my vineyard.
29. And he answering said, I will not; but afterwards repenting himself he went.
30. And coming to the second he said likewise; and he answering said, I go, sir, and went not.
31. Which of the two did the will of the father? They say to him, The first. Jesus says to them, Verily I say unto you that the tax-gatherers and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
32. For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the tax-gatherers and the harlots believed him; but ye when ye saw it repented not yourselves afterwards to believe him.
33. Hear another parable: There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and made a fence round it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country.