Luke 20:1-8 ▼

1 One day Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courtyard and telling them the Good News. The chief priests, scribes, and leaders came up to him.

2 They asked him, |Tell us, what gives you the right to do these things? Who told you that you could do this?|

3 Jesus answered them, |I, too, have a question for you. Tell me,

4 did John's right to baptize come from heaven or from humans?|

5 They talked about this among themselves. They said, |If we say, 'from heaven,' he will ask, 'Why didn't you believe him?'

6 But if we say, 'from humans,' everyone will stone us to death. They're convinced that John was a prophet.|

7 So they answered that they didn't know who gave John the right to baptize.

8 Jesus told them, |Then I won't tell you why I have the right to do these things.|