Matthew
21: 23Now when He came into the temple, the chief priests and the
elders of the people confronted Him as He was teaching, and said, “By what
authority are You doing these things? And who gave You this authority?”
24But Jesus answered and said to them, “I also will ask you one thing, which
if you tell Me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things:
25“The baptism of John—where was it from? From heaven or from men?” And
they reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will
say to us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ 26“But if we say, ‘From men,’
we fear the multitude, for all count John as a prophet.” 27So they answered
Jesus and said, “We do not know.” And He said to them, “Neither will I tell
you by what authority I do these things.
