Mark:11:27-33
web@Mark:11:27 @ They came again to Jerusalem, and as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders came to him,
web@Mark:11:28 @ and they began saying to him, "By what authority do you do these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?"
web@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.
web@Mark:11:30 @ The baptism of John--was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me."
web@Mark:11:31 @ They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we should say, 'From heaven;' he will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?'
web@Mark:11:32 @ If we should say, 'From men'"--they feared the people, for all held John to really be a prophet.
web@Mark:11:33 @ They answered Jesus, "We don't know." Jesus said to them, "Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things."