Luke 20:1-8
The Authority of Jesus Challenged
1 a One day b as Jesus ▼
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was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel d the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up 2 and said to him, “Tell us e by what authority you do these things, or who it is that gave you this authority.” 3 He answered them, “I also will ask you a question. Now tell me, 4 was the baptism of John f from heaven or from man?” 5 And they discussed it with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say g ‘Why did you not believe him?’ 6 But if we say, ‘From man,’ all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was h a prophet.” 7 So they answered that they did not know where it came from. 8 And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
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