Mark 11:27-33
27Jesus’ Authority Is Challenged Matthew 21:23-27; Luke 20:1-8Then they went into Jerusalem again. While Jesus ▼▼Lit. he
was walking in the temple, the high priests, the scribes, and the elders came to himMatt 21:23; Luke 20:1 28and asked him, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority to do them?” 29Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question. ▼▼Lit. one word
Answer me, and then I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things. 30Was John's authority to baptize ▼▼Lit. John's baptism
from heaven or from humans? Answer me.” 31They began discussing this among themselves. “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Then why didn't you believe him?’ 32But if we say, ‘From humans’…?” For they were afraid of the crowd, because everyone really thought John was a prophet.Matt 3:5; 14:5; Mark 6:20 33So they answered Jesus, “We don't know.”Then Jesus 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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