Pt7. Why did Jesus have to die? ✝️ - Mark 11:12-12:12 (CSB)

The Authority of Jesus Challenged 27 They came again to Jerusalem. As he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came  28 and asked him, “By what authority are you doing these things? Who gave you this authority to do these things?” 29 Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question; then answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.  30 Was John’s baptism from heaven or of human origin? Answer me.” 31 They discussed it among themselves: “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Then why didn’t you believe him?’  32 But if we say, ‘Of human origin’”—they were afraid of the crowd, because everyone thought that John was truly a prophet.  33 So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.” The Parable of the Vineyard Owner 12 He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug out a pit for a winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went away.  2 At harvest time he sent a servant to the farmers to collect some of the fruit of the vineyard from them.  3 But they took him, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.  4 Again he sent another servant to them, and they[a] hit him on the head and treated him shamefully.[b]  5 Then he sent another, and they killed that one. He also sent many others; some they beat, and others they killed.  6 He still had one to send, a beloved son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’  7 But those tenant farmers said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’  8 So they seized him, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.  9 What then will the owner[c] of the vineyard do? He will come and kill the farmers and give the vineyard to others.  10 Haven’t you read this Scripture: The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. 11 This came about from the Lord and is wonderful in our eyes?”[d] 12 They  were looking for a way to arrest him but feared the crowd because they  knew he had spoken this parable against them. So they left him and went  away. Footnotes 12:4 Other mss add threw stones and 12:4 Other mss add and sent him off 12:9 Or lord 12:10–11 Ps 118:22–23