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Jesus answered them, "I also will ask you one question, and if you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things.
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The baptism of John, 1from where did it come? 2From heaven or from man?" And they discussed it among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 3'Why then did you not believe him?'
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But if we say, 'From man,'4we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was 5a prophet."
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So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." And he said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.