mnt - Luke:20:1-8

mnt@Luke:20:1 @ On one of the days while he was teaching the people in the Temple and preaching the gospel, there came up the priest and the Scribes with the elders.

mnt@Luke:20:2 @ They spoke to him saying. "Tell us by what authority you are doing these things? Who is it that gave you this authority?"

mnt@Luke:20:3 @ "I will also ask you a question," he replied.

mnt@Luke:20:4 @ "Was Johns baptism from heaven or from man?"

mnt@Luke:20:5 @ So they reasoned among themselves. "If we say, From heaven, he will ask us, Why did you not believe in him?

mnt@Luke:20:6 @ "And if we say, From man, all the people will stone us, for they were persuaded that Johnwas a prophet."

mnt@Luke:20:7 @ So they answered that they did not know whence it was.

mnt@Luke:20:8 @ "Nor will I tell you," Jesus answered, "by whose authority I do these things."