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And they come again to Jerusalem. And as he walked about in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders come to him,
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and they say to him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority, that thou shouldest do these things?
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And Jesus answering said to them, *I* also will ask you one thing, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things:
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The baptism of John, was it of heaven, or of men? answer me.
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And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we should say, Of heaven, he will say, Why [then] have ye not believed him?
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but should we say, Of men -- they feared the people; for all held of John that he was truly a prophet.
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And they answering say to Jesus, We do not know. And Jesus [answering] says to them, Neither do *I* tell you by what authority I do these things.