Mark 11:27-33 Part 2 of 2

    They arrived again in Jerusalem, and while Jesus was walking in the temple courts, the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders came to him. "By what authority are you doing these things?" they asked. "And who gave you authority to do this?"

    Jesus replied, "I will ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things. John's baptism--was it from heaven, or of human origin? Tell me!"

    They discussed it among themselves and said, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask, 'Then why didn't you believe him?' But if we say, 'Of human origin' ..." (They feared the people, for everyone held that John really was a prophet.)

    So they answered Jesus, "We don't know."

    Jesus said, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things." 

 

They discussed it among themselves and said, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask, 'Then why didn't you believe him?' But if we say, 'Of human origin' ... (They feared the people, for everyone held that John really was a prophet.)

Matthew 21:25b-26

    They discussed it among themselves and said, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask, 'Then why didn't you believe him?' But if we say, 'Of human origin--we are afraid of the people, for they all hold that John was a prophet."  

[see Matthew 11:7-11, Matthew 14:1-12]

Luke 20:5-6  

    They discussed it among themselves and said, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask, "Why didn't you believe him?' But if we say, 'Of human origin,' all the people will stone us, because they are persuaded that John was a prophet."  

[see Luke 1:76, Luke 7:24-30]

 

So they answered Jesus, "We don't know." Jesus said, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things."  

Matthew 21:27  

    So they answered Jesus, "We don't know."

    Then he said, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things."

Luke 20:7-8  

    So they answered, "We don't know where it was from."

    Jesus said, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things." 

 

[brackets are mine]

 

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