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And they came again to Jerusalem. And as He was walking in the temple area, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came to Him,

And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,

and began saying to Him, "By what authority are You doing these things, or who gave You this authority to do these things?"

And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things?

But Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one question, and you answer Me, and then I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

"Was the baptism of John from heaven, or from men? Answer Me."

The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me.

And they began considering the implications among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?

"But should we say, 'From men'?"—they were afraid of the people, for they all considered John to have been a real prophet.

But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.

Answering Jesus, they said, "We do not know." And Jesus said to them, "Neither am I telling you by what authority I do these things."

And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.