Luke 20:1-8 ▼

1 One day, as he was teaching the people in the temple and telling the good news, the chief priests and the scribes came with the elders

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

3 He answered them, “I will also ask you a question, and you tell me:

4 Did the baptism of John come from heaven, or was it of human origin?”

5 They discussed it with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’

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

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

8 Then Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”