Gospel of Mark

Peter, remembering, said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree which you cursed has withered away."

Jesus answering said to them, "Have faith in God.

For most assuredly I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and doesn't doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening; he shall have whatever he says.

Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them.

Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.

But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your transgressions."

They came again to Jerusalem, and as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders came to him,

and they began saying to him, "By what authority do you do these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?"

Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

The baptism of John -- was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me."

They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we should say, 'From heaven;' he will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

If we should say, 'From men'"--they feared the people, for all held John to really be a prophet.

They answered Jesus, "We don't know." Jesus said to them, "Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things."

He began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.

When it was time, he sent a servant to the farmer to get from the farmer his share of the fruit of the vineyard.

They took him, beat him, and sent him away empty.

Again, he sent another servant to them; and they threw stones at him, wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated.

Again he sent another; and they killed him; and many others, beating some, and killing some.

Therefore still having one, his beloved son, he sent him last to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

But those farmers said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'