3 He answered them, “I also will ask you one question. Tell me:
4 the immersion of Yochanan, was it from heaven, or from men?”
5 They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why didn’t you believe him?’
6 But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that Yochanan was a prophet.”
7 They answered that they didn’t know where it was from.
8 Yeshua said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
9 He began to tell the people this parable. “A man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time.