Luke 20:1-8 ▼

1 One day, while Jesus was teaching the people in the Temple and telling them the good news, the high priests and the scribes came with the elders

2 and asked him, |Tell us: By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?|

3 He answered them, |I, too, will ask you a question. Tell me:

4 Was John's authority to baptize from heaven or from humans?|

5 They discussed this among themselves: |If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask, 'Then why didn't you believe him?'

6 But if we say, 'From humans,' all the people will stone us to death, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.|

7 So they answered that they didn't know where it was from.

8 Then Jesus told them, |Then I won't tell you by what authority I'm doing these things.|