Mark 11:27-33 (Gospel)
- 27
- Then they came again to Jerusalem. And as He was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came to Him.
- 28
- And they said to Him, “By what authority are You doing these things? And who gave You this authority to do these things?”
- 29
- But Jesus answered and said to them, “I also will ask you one question; then answer Me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things:
- 30
- The baptism of John – was it from heaven or from men? Answer Me.”
- 31
- And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
- 32
- But if we say, ‘From men’” – they feared the people, for all counted John to have been a prophet indeed.
- 33
- So they answered and said to Jesus, “We do not know.” And Jesus answered and said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”