Luke 20:4-8 ▼

4 John’s baptism— was it from heaven, or from men?

5 They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven, He will ask, ‘Why did you not believe him?

6 But if we say, ‘From men, 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 was from.

8 And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.