Matthew 21:24-25
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, afrom where did it come? bFrom heaven or from man?” And they discussed it among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say to us, c‘Why then did you not believe him?’Matthew 22:17-19
17Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay dtaxes to eCaesar, or not?” 18But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why fput me to the test, you hypocrites? 19Show me the coin for the tax.” And they brought him a denarius. ▼▼A denarius was a day’s wage for a laborer
John 7:6-7
6Jesus said to them, h“My time has not yet come, but your time is always here. 7The world cannot hate you, but iit hates me because I testify about it that jits works are evil.
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