Mark:11:27-33

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* Then they came again to Jerusalem . And as he was walking in the temple , the chief priests , the scribes , and the elders came to him . * And they said to him , »By what authority are you doing these things ? Who gave you this authority to do them ?« * Jesus said to them , »I will ask you one question ; answer me , and I will tell you by what authority I do these things . * The baptism of John —was it from heaven or from men ? Answer me .« * And they reasoned among themselves , »If we say , ‘From heaven ,’ He will say , ‘Why then did you not believe him ?’ * But if we say , ‘From men ’«—they feared the people , for all held that John was a real prophet . * So they answered Jesus , »We do not know .« And Jesus said to them , »Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things .«

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