nemies will cast
up a mound about thee, and compass thee round, and shut thee in on
every side, (44)and will level thee with the ground, and thy children
within thee, and will not leave in thee one stone upon another;
because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

(45)And entering into the temple, he began to cast out those who sold;
(46)saying to them: It is written, And my house shall be a house of
prayer; but ye made it a den of robbers.

(47)And he was teaching daily in the temple; and the chief priests and
the scribes and the chief of the people were seeking to destroy him,
(48)and could not find what they might do; for all the people hung,
listening, upon him.

XX.

AND it came to pass, on one of the days, as he was teaching the people
in the temple, and publishing the good news, that the chief priests
and the scribes came to him with the elders, (2)and spoke to him,
saying: Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? Or who is
he that gave thee this authority? (3)And he answering said to them: I
also will ask you one thing; and tell it me. (4)John's immersion, was
it from heaven, or from men? (5)And they reasoned with themselves,
saying: If we say, From heaven, he will say, Why, then did ye not
believe him? (6)But if we say, From men, all the people will stone us;
for they are persuaded that John was a prophet. (7)And they answered,
that they knew not whence it was. (8)And Jesus said to them: Neither
do I say to you, by what authority I do these things.

(9)And he began to speak to the people this parable: A man planted a
vineyard, and let it out to husbandmen, and went abroad for a long
time. (10)And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that
they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the husbandmen
beat him, and sent him away empty. (11)And again he sent another
servant; and him also, having beaten and treated him shamefully, they
sent away empty. (12)And again he sent a third; and they wounded him
also, and cast him out.

(13)And the lord of the vineyard said: What shall I do? I will send my
beloved son; perhaps, seeing him, they will reverence him. (14)But
when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying:
This is the heir; come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may
become ours. (15)So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them? (16)He will
come and destroy these husbandme