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Luke 20:2
They asked him, “Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? Or who is giving you this authority?”
Luke 20:2 · World English Bible
Luke 20:2 in other translations
And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?
“Tell us,” they said, “by what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?”
They asked him, "Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? Or who is giving you this authority?"
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In context
1 On one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the Good News, the priests and scribes came to him with the elders.
2 They asked him, “Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? Or who is giving you this authority?”
3 He answered them, “I also will ask you one question. Tell me:
4 the baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?”
5 They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why didn’t you believe him?’
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