Mark 11:28
Good News Translation
and asked him, "What right do you have to do these things? Who gave you such right?"

New Revised Standard Version
and said, “By what authority are you doing these things? Who gave you this authority to do them?”

Contemporary English Version
They asked, "What right do you have to do these things? Who gave you this authority?"

New American Bible
and said to him, “By what authority are you doing these things? Or who gave you this authority to do them?”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they say to him: By what authority dost thou these things? And who hath given thee this authority that thou shouldst do these things?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And they say to him: By what authority dost thou these things? And who hath given thee this authority that thou shouldst do these things?

Exodus 2:14 But he answered: Who hath appointed thee prince and judge over us? wilt thou kill me, as thou didst yesterday kill the Egyptian? Moses feared, and said: How is this come to be known?

Numbers 16:3,13 And when they had stood up against Moses and Aaron, they said: Let it be enough for you, that all the multitude consisteth of holy ones, and the Lord is among them: Why lift you up yourselves above the people of the Lord? . . .

Acts 7:27,28,38,39,51 But he that did the injury to his neighbour thrust him away, saying: Who hath appointed thee prince and judge over us: . . .

Context
Jesus' Authority Challenged
27And they come again to Jerusalem. And when he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests and the scribes and the ancients. 28And they say to him: By what authority dost thou these things? And who hath given thee this authority that thou shouldst do these things? 29And Jesus answering, said to them: I will also ask you one word. And answer you me: and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.…
Cross References
Mark 11:27
And they come again to Jerusalem. And when he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests and the scribes and the ancients.

Mark 11:29
And Jesus answering, said to them: I will also ask you one word. And answer you me: and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

Mark 11:27
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