Mat 21:24-27 | ESV | STEP | Jesus 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 .

Matthew 21:24-27

24 Jesus 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. 25 The 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?’ 26 But if we say, ‘From man,’ ^dwe are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was ^ea prophet.” 27 So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” And he said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.