RSV ~ Luke 20 v1 - 8

Lk 20:1-8 | The Authority of Jesus Questioned

1 One day, as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up

2 and said to him, “Tell us 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 from heaven or from men?”

5 And they discussed it with one another, 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; for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

7 So they answered that they did not know where it was from.

8 And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”