The Authority of Jesus Questioned

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They came again to Jerusalem, and as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders came to him,

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and they began saying to him, “By what authority do you do these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?”

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Yeshua said to them, “I will ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

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The immersion of Yochanan—was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me.”

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They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we should say, ‘From heaven;’ he will say, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’

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If we should say, ‘From men’”—they feared the people, for all held Yochanan to really be a prophet.

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They answered Yeshua, “We don’t know.” Yeshua said to them, “Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.”