3. Jesus answered, “I will ask you a question too. Tell me:
4. When John baptized people, did that come from God or from man?”
5. The priests, the teachers of the law, and the Jewish leaders all talked about this. They said to each other, “If we answer, ‘John’s baptism was from God,’ then Jesus will say, ‘Then why did you not believe John?’
6. But if we say, ‘John’s baptism was from man,’ then all the people will kill us with stones because they believe that John was a prophet.”
7. So they answered, “We don’t know the answer.”
8. So Jesus said to them, “Then I will not tell you by what authority I do these things!”
9. Then Jesus told the people this story: “A man planted a vineyard. The man leased the land to some farmers. Then he went away for a long time.