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And yt fortuned in one of those dayes as he taught the people in the temple and preached the gospell: the hye prestes and the scribes came with the elders
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and spake vnto him sayinge. Tell vs by what auctorite thou doest these thinges? Ether who is he yt gave ye this auctorite?
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He answered and saide vnto the: I also will axe you a questio and answer me.
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The baptyme of Iohn: was it from heaven or of men?
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And they thought with in them selves sayinge: yf we shall saye from heave: he will saye: why then beleved ye him not?
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But and yf we shall saye of men all ye people will stone vs. For they be persuaded that Ihon is a Prophet.
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And they answered that they coulde not tell whence it was.