Luke 20:1-8
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20aAnd it happened that on one of the days while bHe was teaching the people in the temple and cproclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders dcame up to Him, 2and they spoke, saying to Him, “Tell us by what authority You are doing these things, or who is the one who gave You this authority?” 3And Jesus answered and said to them, “I will also ask you a 1question, and you tell Me: 4“Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?” 5And they reasoned 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, for they are convinced that John was a aprophet.” 7So they answered that they did not know where it came from. 8And Jesus said to them, “Neither 1will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”