rsv Luke:20:1-8
rsv@Luke:20:1 @ One day, as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up
rsv@Luke:20:2 @ and said to him, "Tell us by what authority you do these things, or who it is that gave you this authority."
rsv@Luke:20:3 @ He answered them, "I also will ask you a question; now tell me,
rsv@Luke:20:4 @ Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?"
rsv@Luke:20:5 @ And they discussed it with one another, saying, "If we say, `From heaven,' he will say, `Why did you not believe him?'
rsv@Luke:20:6 @ But if we say, `From men,' all the people will stone us; for they are convinced that John was a prophet."
rsv@Luke:20:7 @ So they answered that they did not know whence it was.
rsv@Luke:20:8 @ And Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things."