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Now when they came to Capernaum, those who collected the two-drachma tax came to Peter and said, "Does your teacher not pay the two-drachma tax?"

"So when his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were deeply grieved and came and reported to their master all that had happened.

They said to Him, "Why, then, did Moses command to GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE AND SEND HER AWAY?"

When the disciples heard this, they were very astonished and said, "Then who can be saved?"

and to those he said, 'You go into the vineyard also, and whatever is right, I will give you.' And so they went.

"And so when those hired first came, they thought that they would receive more; but each of them also received a denarius.

"Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn Him to death,

and they will hand Him over to the Gentiles to mock and flog and crucify, and on the third day He will be raised up."

Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes; and immediately they regained their sight and followed Him.

When they had approached Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus then sent two disciples,

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done, and the children who were shouting in the temple area, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they became indignant,

and they said to Him, "Do You hear what these children are saying?" And Jesus said to them, "Yes. Have you never read, 'FROM THE MOUTHS OF INFANTS AND NURSING BABIES YOU HAVE PREPARED PRAISE FOR YOURSELF'?"

"The baptism of John was from what source: from heaven or from men?" And they began considering the implications among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say to us, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

And answering Jesus, they said, "We do not know." He also said to them, "Neither am I telling you by what authority I do these things.

"Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you that the tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the kingdom of God before you.

"Again, he sent other slaves, more than the first; and they did the same things to them.

"But when the vine-growers saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is the heir; come, let's kill him and take possession of his inheritance!'

"And they took him and threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

They said to Him, "He will bring those wretches to a wretched end and lease the vineyard to other vine-growers, who will pay him the fruit in the proper seasons."

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking about them.