Verse 24
Matthew 21:24
Geneva Bible
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Then Iesus answered and said vnto them, I also will aske of you a certaine thing, which if ye tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authoritie I doe these things.
Original Language Text
greek
ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Ἐρωτήσω ὑμᾶς κἀγὼ λόγον ἕνα, ὃν ἐὰν εἴπητέ μοι κἀγὼ ὑμῖν ἐρῶ ἐν ποίᾳ ἐξουσίᾳ ταῦτα ποιῶ·
English Translation
And Jesus answered and said to them, "I will ask you one word, which if you tell me, I will also tell you by what authority I do these things."
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Chapter 21 Context
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And when they drewe neere to Hierusalem, and were come to Bethphage, vnto the mount of the Oliues, t...
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Saying to them, Goe into the towne that is ouer against you, and anon yee shall finde an asse bounde...
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And if any man say ought vnto you, say ye, that the Lord hath neede of them, and straightway he will...
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All this was done that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the Prophet, saying,
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Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Beholde, thy King commeth vnto thee, meeke and sitting vpon an asse, a...
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So the disciples went, and did as Iesus had commanded them,
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And brought the asse and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and set him thereon.
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And a great multitude spred their garments in the way: and other cut downe branches from the trees,...
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Moreouer, the people that went before, and they also that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the So...
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And when he was come into Hierusalem, all the citie was mooued, saying, Who is this?
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And the people said, This is Iesus that Prophet of Nazareth in Galile.
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And Iesus went into the Temple of God (Elohim), and cast out all them that solde and bought in the T...
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And said to them, it is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer: but ye haue made it a...
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Then the blinde, and the halt came to him in the Temple, and he healed them.
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But when the chiefe priestes and Scribes sawe the marueiles that hee did, and the children crying in...
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And said vnto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Iesus said vnto them, Yea: read ye neuer, By the...
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So hee left them, and went out of the citie vnto Bethania, and lodged there.
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And in the morning, as he returned into the citie, he was hungrie,
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And seeing a figge tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaues onely, and...
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And when his disciples saw it, they marueiled, saying, How soone is the figge tree withered!
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And Iesus answered and said vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, if ye haue faith, and doubt not, ye sh...
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And whatsoeuer ye shall aske in prayer, if ye beleeue, ye shall receiue it.
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And whe he was come into the Temple, the chiefe Priestes, and the Elders of the people came vnto him...
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Then Iesus answered and said vnto them, I also will aske of you a certaine thing, which if ye tell m...
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The baptisme of Iohn, whence was it? from heauen, or of men? Then they reasoned among themselues, sa...
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And if we say, Of men, we feare the multitude, for all holde Iohn as a Prophet.
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Then they answered Iesus, and said, We can not tell. And he said vnto them, Neither tell I you by wh...
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But what thinke ye? A certaine man had two sonnes, and came to the elder, and saide, Sonne, goe and...
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But he answered, and said, I will not: yet afterward he repented himselfe, and went.
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Then came he to the second, and said likewise. And he answered, and said, I will, Syr: yet he went n...
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Whether of them twaine did the will of the father? They saide vnto him, The first. Iesus saide vnto...
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For Iohn came vnto you in the way of righteousnes, and yee beleeued him not: but the Publicanes, and...
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Heare another parable, There was a certaine housholder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it roun...
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And when the time of the fruite drewe neere, hee sent his seruants to the husbandmen to receiue the...
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And ye husbandmen tooke his seruants and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
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Againe hee sent other seruants, moe then the first: and they did the like vnto them.
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But last of all he sent vnto them his owne sonne, saying, They will reuerence my sonne.
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But when the husbandmen saw the sonne, they saide among themselues, This is the heire: come, let vs...
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So they tooke him, and cast him out of the vineyarde, and slewe him.
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When therefore the Lord of the vineyarde shall come, what will hee doe to those husbandmen?
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They saide vnto him, Hee will cruelly destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard vnto o...
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Iesus saide vnto them, Read ye neuer in the Scriptures, The stone which the builders refused, the sa...
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Therefore say I vnto you, The kingdome of God (Elohim) shalbe taken from you, and shalbe giuen to a...
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And whosoeuer shall fall on this stone, he shalbe broken: but on whomsoeuer it shall fall, it will d...
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And when the chiefe Priestes and Pharises had heard his parables, they perceiued that hee spake of t...
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And they seeking to laye handes on him, feared the people, because they tooke him as a Prophet.
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