Matthew 21:24
And Jesus said to them in answer, I will put one question to you, and if you give me the answer, I will say by what authority I do these things.
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Matthew 21:24
And Jesus said to them in answer, I will put one question to you, and if you give me the answer, I will say by what authority I do these things.
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Matthew 21:23
And when he had come into the Temple, the chief priests and those in authority over the people came to him while he was teaching, and said, By what authority do you do these things? and who gave you this authority?
Matthew 21:24
And Jesus said to them in answer, I will put one question to you, and if you give me the answer, I will say by what authority I do these things.
Matthew 21:25
The baptism of John, where did it come from? from heaven or from men? And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say to us, Why then did you not have faith in him?
Matthew 21:26
But if we say, From men; we are in fear of the people, because all take John to be a prophet.
Matthew 21:27
And they made answer and said, We have no idea. Then he said to them, And I will not say to you by what authority I do these things.
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Matthew 21:21
And Jesus in answer said to them, Truly I say to you, If you have faith, without doubting, not only may you do what has been done to the fig-tree, but even if you say to this mountain, Be taken up and put into the sea, it will be done.
Matthew 21:28
But how does it seem to you? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go and do work today in the vine-garden.
Matthew 21:29
And he said in answer, I will not: but later, changing his decision, he went.
Matthew 21:30
And he came to the second and said the same. And he made answer and said, I go, sir: and went not.
Matthew 21:31
Which of the two did his father's pleasure? They say, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that tax-farmers and loose women are going into the kingdom of God before you.
Matthew 21:32
For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you had no faith in him, but the tax-farmers and the loose women had faith in him: and you, when you saw it, did not even have regret for your sins, so as to have faith in him.
Luke 7:30
But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were against the purpose of God for themselves, not having had his baptism.)
John 5:33
You sent to John and he gave true witness.
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Mark 11:29
And Jesus said to them, I will put to you one question; give me an answer, and I will say by what authority I do these things.
Luke 20:1
And it came about on one of those days, when he was teaching the people in the Temple and preaching the good news,
Luke 20:2
That the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people came to him and said, Make clear to us by what authority you do these things and who gave you this authority.
Luke 20:3
And in answer he said to them, I will put a question to you, and do you give me an answer:
Luke 20:4
The baptism of John, was it from heaven or of men?
Luke 20:5
And they said among themselves, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why did you not have faith in him?
Luke 20:6
But if we say, Of men; we will be stoned by the people, for they are certain that John was a prophet.
Luke 20:7
And they made answer that they had no idea where it came from.
Luke 20:8
And Jesus said, And I will not make clear to you by what authority I do these things.
Mark 11:27
And they came again to Jerusalem: and while he was walking in the Temple, there came to him the chief priests and the scribes and those in authority:
John 10:23
And Jesus was walking in the Temple, in Solomon's covered way.
John 18:20
Jesus made answer, I said things openly to the world at all times; I have given my teaching in the Synagogues and in the Temple to which all the Jews come; and I have said nothing secretly.
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Proverbs 26:5
Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.
Colossians 4:6
Let your talk be with grace, mixed with salt, so that you may be able to give an answer to everyone.
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Matthew 7:29
for he was teaching as one having authority, and not as their scribes.
Matthew 28:18
And Jesus came to them and said, All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
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