³² If we should say, 'From men'"--they feared the people, for all held John to really be a prophet.

⁴⁶ When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.

⁵ When he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

²⁶ Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.

⁴¹ Many came to him. They said, "John indeed did no sign, but everything that John said about this man is true."

² The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death, for they feared the people.

¹⁹ The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on Him that very hour, but they feared the people--for they knew He had spoken this parable against them.

⁶ But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet."

⁷ They answered that they didn't know where it was from.

⁸ Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things."

²⁶ But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.

²⁷ This is he of whom it is written, 'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, Who will prepare your way before you.'

²⁸ "For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptizer, yet he who is least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he."

²⁹ When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John's baptism.

¹² They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and went away.

²⁰ for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.

³¹ Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said to him, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into the Kingdom of God before you.

³² For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn't believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn't even repent afterward, that you might believe him.

⁹ But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.

⁵ Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him.

⁶ They were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.