5 They talked this over and said to each other, “We can't say that God gave John this right. Jesus will ask us why we didn't believe John.
6 And we can't say that it was merely some human who gave John the right to baptize. The crowd will stone us to death, because they think John was a prophet.”
7 So they told Jesus, “We don't know who gave John the right to baptize.”
8 Jesus replied, “Then I won't tell you who gave me the right to do what I do.”
9 Jesus told the people this story:A man once planted a vineyard and let it. Then he left the country for a long time.
10 When it was time to harvest the crop, he sent a servant to ask the tenants for his share of the grapes. But they beat up the servant and sent him away without anything.
11 So the owner sent another servant. The tenants also beat him up. They insulted him terribly and sent him away without a thing.