Luke 20:1-8 ▼

1 One day as he was teaching the people in the temple area and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests and scribes, together with the elders, approached him

2 and said to him, “Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things? Or who is the one who gave you this authority?”

3 He said to them in reply, “I shall ask you a question. Tell me,

4 was John’s baptism of heavenly or of human origin?”

5 They discussed this among themselves, and said, “If we say, ‘Of heavenly origin,’ he will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’

6 But if we say, ‘Of human origin,’ then all the people will stone us, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

7 So they answered that they did not know from where it came.

8 Then Jesus said to them, “Neither shall I tell you by what authority I do these things.”