Luke 20:8

Luke 20:8
Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

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1 Samuel 28:6
When Saul inquired of Yahweh, Yahweh didn’t answer him by dreams, by Urim, or by prophets.

2 Kings 3:13
Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother.” The king of Israel said to him, “No, for Yahweh has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”

Psalms 66:18
If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened.

Psalms 101:3
I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.

Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Proverbs 15:29
Yahweh is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination— how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!

Proverbs 28:9
He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.

Isaiah 1:15
When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

Isaiah 33:15
He who walks righteously and speaks blamelessly, he who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil—

Jeremiah 11:11
Therefore Yahweh says, ‘Behold, I will bring evil on them which they will not be able to escape; and they will cry to me, but I will not listen to them.

Jeremiah 42:20
For you have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for you sent me to Yahweh your God, saying, ‘Pray for us to Yahweh our God; and according to all that Yahweh our God says, so declare to us, and we will do it.’

Jeremiah 42:21
I have declared it to you today; but you have not obeyed Yahweh your God’s voice in anything for which he has sent me to you.

Ezekiel 14:3
“Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their heart, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their face. Should I be inquired of at all by them?

Ezekiel 20:3
“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and tell them, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Is it to inquire of me that you have come? As I live,” says the Lord Yahweh, “I will not be inquired of by you.” ’

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Isaiah 52:13
Behold, my servant will deal wisely. He will be exalted and lifted up, and will be very high.

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Jeremiah 7:8
Behold, you trust in lying words that can’t profit.

Jeremiah 7:9
Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that you have not known,

Jeremiah 7:10
then come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, ‘We are delivered,’ that you may do all these abominations?

Jeremiah 7:11
Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it,” says Yahweh.

Matthew 15:14
Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

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Zechariah 7:13
It has come to pass that, as he called and they refused to listen, so they will call and I will not listen,” said Yahweh of Armies;

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Matthew 21:23
When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?”

Matthew 21:25
The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from men?” They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’

Matthew 21:26
But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.”

Mark 11:27
They came again to Jerusalem, and as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came to him,

Mark 11:29
Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

Mark 11:32
If we should say, ‘From men’ ”—they feared the people, for all held John to really be a prophet.

Luke 19:47
He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests, the scribes, and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him.

Luke 20:1
On one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the Good News, the priests and scribes came to him with the elders.

Luke 20:2
They asked him, “Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? Or who is giving you this authority?”

John 10:23
It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon’s porch.

John 18:20
Jesus answered him, “I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where the Jews always meet. I said nothing in secret.

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Luke 10:21
In that same hour, Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, “I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.”

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Luke 10:22
Turning to the disciples, he said, “All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son desires to reveal him.”

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Luke 22:66
As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people were gathered together, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away into their council, saying,

Luke 22:67
“If you are the Christ, tell us.” But he said to them, “If I tell you, you won’t believe,

Luke 22:69
From now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”

John 9:27
He answered them, “I told you already, and you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don’t also want to become his disciples, do you?”

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Malachi 3:1
“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me! The Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple. Behold, the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, is coming!” says Yahweh of Armies.

Matthew 3:5
Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him.

Matthew 3:6
They were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

Matthew 21:31
Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said to him, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into God’s Kingdom before you.

Matthew 21:32
For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn’t believe him; but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn’t even repent afterward, that you might believe him.

Luke 7:26
But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.

Luke 7:27
This is he of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’

Luke 7:28
“For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptizer; yet he who is least in God’s Kingdom is greater than he.”

Luke 7:29
When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John’s baptism.

John 10:41
Many came to him. They said, “John indeed did no sign, but everything that John said about this man is true.”

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