Numbers 16:3
3 aThey assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron and said to them, b“You have gone too far! For call in the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord?”1 Kings 18:17-18
17When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, d“Is it you, you etroubler of Israel?” 18And he answered, “I have not troubled Israel, but you have, and your father’s house, because you have fabandoned the commandments of the Lord and gfollowed the Baals.Matthew 21:23-27
The Authority of Jesus Challenged
23 hAnd when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him ias he was teaching, and said, j“By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?” 24Jesus answered them, “I also will ask you one question, and if you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. 25The baptism of John, kfrom where did it come? lFrom heaven or from man?” And they discussed it among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say to us, m‘Why then did you not believe him?’ 26But if we say, ‘From man,’ nwe are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was oa prophet.” 27So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” And he said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
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