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| 1 | One day, as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up | The Authority of Jesus Questioned Lk.20.1-8 (Jerusalem) | Mt.21.23-27 | Mk.11.27-33 |
| 2 | and said to him, "Tell us by what authority you do these things, or who it is that gave you this authority." | |
| 3 | He answered them, "I also will ask you a question; now tell me, | |
| 4 | Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?" | |
| 5 | And they discussed it with one another, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why did you not believe him?' | |
| 6 | But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us; for they are convinced that John was a prophet." | |
| 7 | So they answered that they did not know whence it was. | |
| 8 | And Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things." | |
