- On one of the days while He was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders confronted Him,
- and they spoke, saying to Him, "Tell us by what authority You are doing these things, or who is the one who gave You this authority?"
- Jesus answered and said to them, "I will also ask you a question, and you tell Me:
- "Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?"
- They reasoned among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say, 'Why did you not believe him?'
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- One day as he was teaching the people in the temple courts and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, together with the elders, came up to him.
- "Tell us by what authority you are doing these things," they said. "Who gave you this authority?"
- He replied, "I will also ask you a question. Tell me,
- John's baptism--was it from heaven, or from men?"
- They discussed it among themselves and said, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask, 'Why didn't you believe him?'
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