When he had come into
the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as
he was teaching, and said, "By what authority do you do these things?
Who gave you this authority?"
Jesus answered them,
"I also will ask you one question, which if you tell
me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John, where was
it from? From heaven or from men?" They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,'
he will ask us, 'Why then did you not believe him?' But if we say, 'From men,' we
fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet." They answered Jesus, and said,
"We don't know."
He also said to them, "Neither will I tell you by
what authority I do these things.
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