20. And the taught ones, seeing it, marvelled, saying, “How did the fig tree wither so soon?”
21. And יהושע answering, said to them, “Truly, I say to you, if you have belief and do not doubt, you shall not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be thrown into the sea,’ it shall be done.
22. “And whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive.”
23. And when He had come into the Set-apart Place, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to Him as He was teaching, and said, “By what authority are You doing these? And who gave You this authority?”
24. And יהושע answering, said to them, “I shall ask you one question too, which if you answer Me, I also shall say to you by what authority I do these:
25. “The immersion of Yoḥanan, where did it come from? From heaven or from men?” So they reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He shall say to us, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’
26. “But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the crowd, for all hold Yoḥanan as a prophet.”
27. And they answered יהושע and said, “We do not know.” And He said to them, “Neither do I say to you by what authority I do these.
28. “But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go, work today in my vineyard.’
29. “And he answering, said, ‘I do not wish to,’ but afterwards he repented and went.
30. “And having come to the second, he said similarly. And he answering, said, ‘I go, master,’ but he did not go.
31. “Which of the two did the desire of the father?” They said to Him, “The first.” יהושע said to them, “Truly, I say to you that tax collectors and whores are entering into the reign of Elohim before you,
32. for Yoḥanan came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but tax collectors and whores believed him. And when you saw it, you did not repent afterwards, to believe him.
33. “Hear another parable: There was a certain man, a householder who planted a vineyard and placed a hedge around it, and dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. And he leased it to farmers and went abroad.
34. “And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to receive its fruit.