Matthew 21:24

Geneva Bible (1560)

Then Iesus answered and said vnto them, I also will aske of you a certaine thing, which if ye tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authoritie I doe these things.

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  • Col 4:6 : 6 Let your speach be gracious alwayes, and powdred with salt, that ye may know how to answere euery man.
  • Matt 10:16 : 16 Behold, I send you as sheepe in the middes of the wolues: be yee therefore wise as serpents, and innocent as doues.
  • Luke 6:9 : 9 Then sayd Iesus vnto them, I will aske you a question, Whether is it lawfull on the Sabbath dayes to doe good, or to doe euill? to saue life, or to destroy?
  • Prov 26:4-5 : 4 Answer not a foole according to his foolishnes, least thou also be like him. 5 Answere a foole according to his foolishnes, least he be wise in his owne conceite.

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