Matthew 21:23-27
23Jesus’ Authority Is Challenged Mark 11:27-33; Luke 20:1-8Then Jesus ▼▼Lit. he
went into the temple. While he was teaching, the high priests and the elders of the people came to him and asked, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”Exod 2:14; Mark 11:27; Luke 20:1; Acts 4:7; 7:27 24Jesus answered them, “I, too, will ask you one question. ▼▼Lit. one word
If you answer it for me, I will also tell you by what authority I am doing these things. 25Where did John's authority to baptize ▼▼Lit. John's baptism
come from? From heaven or from humans?”They began discussing this among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say to us, ‘Then why didn't you believe him?’ 26But if we say, ‘From humans,’ we are afraid of the crowd, for all regard John as a prophet.”Matt 14:5; Mark 6:20; Luke 20:6 27So they said to Jesus, “We don't know.”He in turn told them, “Then I won't tell you by what authority I am doing these things.” Luke 20:1-8
1Jesus’ Authority Is Challenged Matthew 21:23-27; Mark 11:27-33One day while he was teaching the people in the temple and telling them the good news, the high priests and the scribes came with the eldersMatt 21:23 2and asked him, “Tell us: By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”Acts 4:7; 7:27 3He answered them, “I, too, will ask you a question. ▼▼Lit. a word
Tell me: 4Was John's authority to baptize ▼▼Lit. John's baptism
from heaven or from humans?” 5They discussed this among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask, ‘Then why didn't you believe him?’ 6But if we say, ‘From humans,’ all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”Matt 14:5; 21:26; Luke 7:29 7So they answered that they didn't know where it was from. 8Then Jesus told them, “Then I won't tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”
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