Matthew 21:24
Jesus answered them, "I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
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Referenced Verses
- Col 4:6 : 6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
- Matt 10:16 : 16 "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
- Luke 6:9 : 9 Then Jesus said to them, "I will ask you something: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?"
- Prov 26:4-5 : 4 Don't answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
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27 They came again to Jerusalem, and as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders came to him,
28 and they began saying to him, "By what authority do you do these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?"
29 Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one question. 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 They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we should say, 'From heaven;' he will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?'
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1 It happened on one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the Good News, that the priests and scribes came to him with the elders.
2 They asked him, "Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? Or who is giving you this authority?"
3 He answered them, "I also will ask you one question. Tell me:
4 the baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?"
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25 The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from men?" They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'
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27 They answered Jesus, and said, "We don't know." He also said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
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