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And it came to pass on one of the days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, a and announcing the glad tidings, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up,
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and spoke to him saying, Tell us by what authority thou doest these things, or who is it who has given thee this authority?
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And he answering said to them, *I* also will ask you [one] thing, and tell me:
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The baptism of John, was it of heaven or of men?
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And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we should say, Of heaven, he will say, Why have ye not believed him?
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but if we should say, Of men, the whole people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.
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