Luke 20:1-8 ▼

1 On one of the days while He was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders confronted Him,

2 and they declared, saying to Him, “Tell us by what authority You are doing these things, or who is the one who gave You this authority?”

3 But He replied to them, “I will also ask you a question, and you tell Me:

4 Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?”

5 They discussed among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’

6 But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us to death, since they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

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

8 And Jesus said to them, “Neither am I telling you by what authority I do these things.”