Matthew 21:27
Modern Translations
New International Version
So they answered Jesus, "We don't know." Then he said, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

New Living Translation
So they finally replied, “We don’t know.” And Jesus responded, “Then I won’t tell you by what authority I do these things.

English Standard Version
So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” And he said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

Berean Study Bible
So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

New American Standard Bible
And answering Jesus, they said, “We do not know.” He also said to them, “Neither am I telling you by what authority I do these things.

NASB 1995
And answering Jesus, they said, "We do not know." He also said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

NASB 1977
And answering Jesus, they said, “We do not know.” He also said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

Amplified Bible
So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” And He said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what [kind of] authority I do these things.”

Christian Standard Bible
So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” And he said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So they answered Jesus, "We don't know." And He said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

Contemporary English Version
So they told Jesus, "We don't know." Jesus said, "Then I won't tell you who gave me the right to do what I do."

Good News Translation
So they answered Jesus, "We don't know." And he said to them, "Neither will I tell you, then, by what right I do these things.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So they answered Jesus, "We don't know." Jesus told them, "Then I won't tell you why I have the right to do these things.

International Standard Version
So they told Jesus, "We don't know." He in turn told them, "Then I won't tell you by what authority I am doing these things."

NET Bible
So they answered Jesus, "We don't know." Then he said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

New King James Version
So they answered Jesus and said, “We do not know.” And He said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

King James 2000 Bible
And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

New Heart English Bible
They answered Jesus, and said, "We do not know." He also said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

World English Bible
They answered Jesus, and said, "We don't know." He also said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

American King James Version
And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said to them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

American Standard Version
And they answered Jesus, and said, We know not. He also said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

A Faithful Version
And they answered Jesus and said, "We do not know." He said to them also, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

Darby Bible Translation
And answering Jesus they said, We do not know. He also said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

English Revised Version
And they answered Jesus, and said, We know not. He also said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Then they answered Iesus, and said, We can not tell; he said vnto them, Neither tell I you by what authoritie I doe these things.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And they aunswered vnto Iesus, and sayde: we can not tell. And he saide vnto them: neither tell I you, by what aucthoritie I do these thynges.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And they answered Iesus, & sayde: We can not tell. Then sayde he vnto them: Nether tell I you, by what auctorite I do these thinges.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And they answered Iesus and sayde: we cannot tell. And he lyke wyse sayd vnto them: nether tell I you by what auctorite I do these thinges.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And answering Jesus they said, “We have not known.” He said to them—He also, “Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

Berean Literal Bible
And answering Jesus, they said "We do not know." And He said to them, "Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

Young's Literal Translation
And answering Jesus they said, 'We have not known.' He said to them -- he also -- 'Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

Smith's Literal Translation
And having answered Jesus, they said, We know not. And he said to them, Neither do I say to you, by what authority I do these.

Literal Emphasis Translation
And answering Jesus, they said, We do not know. And He said to them, Neither will I tell you in what authority I do these things.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And answering Jesus, they said: We know not. He also said to them: Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And so, they answered Jesus by saying, “We do not know.” So he also said to them: “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
They answered and they were saying to him, “We do not know.” Yeshua said to them, “Neither am I telling you by which authority I do these things.”

Lamsa Bible
So they answered and said to him, We do not know. Jesus said to them, Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And they answered and said to Jesus: We know not. And he said to them: Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

Godbey New Testament
And responding they said to Jesus, We do not know. He also said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

Haweis New Testament
So they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. Then said he also to them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

Mace New Testament
so they made answer, we cannot tell, and Jesus said, neither shall I tell you, by what authority I do these things.

Weymouth New Testament
So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." "Nor do I tell you," He replied, "by what authority I do these things."

Worrell New Testament
And, answering Jesus, they said, "We do not know." He also said to them, "Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things."

Worsley New Testament
And therefore in answer to Jesus, they said, We do not know: and He said unto them, Neither do I tell you, by what authority I do these things.
















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