Matthew 21:24-27
24Jesus answered them, “I also will ask you one question, and if you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. 25The baptism of John, afrom where did it come? bFrom heaven or from man?” And they discussed it among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say to us, c‘Why then did you not believe him?’ 26But if we say, ‘From man,’ dwe are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was ea prophet.” 27So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” And he said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
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