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Mark 11:29
“I will ask you one question,” Jesus replied, “and if you answer Me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
Mark 11:29 · Berean Standard Bible
Mark 11:29 in other translations
And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
Jesus said to them, "I will also ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
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In context
27 After their return to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking in the temple courts, and the chief priests, scribes, and elders came up to Him.
28 “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You the authority to do them?”
29 “I will ask you one question,” Jesus replied, “and if you answer Me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
30 John’s baptism—was it from heaven or from men? Answer Me!”
31 They deliberated among themselves what they should answer: “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
32 But if we say, ‘From men’...” they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John truly was a prophet.
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