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Mark 11:29
And Jesus answering said to them, I also will ask you one thing, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things:
Mark 11:29 · Darby 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.
“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.
Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
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In context
26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in the heavens forgive your offences.
27 And they come again to Jerusalem. And as he walked about in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders come to him,
28 and they say to him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority, that thou shouldest do these things?
29 And Jesus answering said to them, I also will ask you one thing, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things:
30 The baptism of John, was it of heaven, or of men? answer me.
31 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we should say, Of heaven, he will say, Why [then] have ye not believed him?
32 but should we say, Of men — they feared the people; for all held of John that he was truly a prophet.
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