27. So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” Then he said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
28. “What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’
29. The boy answered, ‘I will not.’ But later he had a change of heart and went.
30. The father went to the other son and said the same thing. This boy answered, ‘I will, sir,’ but did not go.
31. Which of the two did his father’s will?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, tax collectors and prostitutes will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God!
32. For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe. Although you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.
33. “Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.
34. When the harvest time was near, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his portion of the crop.