BIB(i)
1 Καὶ (And) ἐγένετο (it came to pass) ἐν (on) μιᾷ (one) τῶν (of the) ἡμερῶν (days), διδάσκοντος (as was teaching) αὐτοῦ (He) τὸν (the) λαὸν (people) ἐν (in) τῷ (the) ἱερῷ (temple) καὶ (and) εὐαγγελιζομένου (proclaiming the gospel), ἐπέστησαν (came up) οἱ (the) ἀρχιερεῖς (chief priests) καὶ (and) οἱ (the) γραμματεῖς (scribes) σὺν (with) τοῖς (the) πρεσβυτέροις (elders)
2 καὶ (and) εἶπαν (spoke), λέγοντες (saying) πρὸς (to) αὐτόν (Him), “Εἰπὸν (Tell) ἡμῖν (us) ἐν (by) ποίᾳ (what) ἐξουσίᾳ (authority) ταῦτα (these things) ποιεῖς (You do), ἢ (or) τίς (who) ἐστιν (is) ὁ (the one) δούς (having given) σοι (to You) τὴν (the) ἐξουσίαν (authority) ταύτην (this)?”
3 Ἀποκριθεὶς (Answering) δὲ (now), εἶπεν (He said) πρὸς (to) αὐτούς (them), “Ἐρωτήσω (Will ask) ὑμᾶς (you) κἀγὼ (I also) λόγον (one thing), καὶ (and) εἴπατέ (you tell) μοι (Me):
4 Τὸ (The) βάπτισμα (baptism) Ἰωάννου (of John), ἐξ (from) οὐρανοῦ (heaven) ἦν (was it), ἢ (or) ἐξ (from) ἀνθρώπων (men)?”
5 Οἱ (-) δὲ (And) συνελογίσαντο (they reasoned) πρὸς (among) ἑαυτοὺς (themselves), λέγοντες (saying) ὅτι (-), “Ἐὰν (If) εἴπωμεν (we should say) ‘Ἐξ (From) οὐρανοῦ (heaven),’ ἐρεῖ (He will say), ‘Διὰ (Because of) τί (why) οὐκ (not) ἐπιστεύσατε (did you believe) αὐτῷ (him)?’
6 ἐὰν (If) δὲ (however) εἴπωμεν (we should say), ‘Ἐξ (From) ἀνθρώπων (men),’ ὁ (the) λαὸς (people) ἅπας (all) καταλιθάσει (will stone) ἡμᾶς (us); πεπεισμένος (having been persuaded) γάρ (for) ἐστιν (they are), Ἰωάννην (John) προφήτην (a prophet) εἶναι (to be).”
7 Καὶ (And) ἀπεκρίθησαν (they answered), μὴ (not) εἰδέναι (they knew) πόθεν (from where).
8 Καὶ (And) ὁ (-) Ἰησοῦς (Jesus) εἶπεν (said) αὐτοῖς (to them), “Οὐδὲ (Neither) ἐγὼ (I) λέγω (tell) ὑμῖν (you) ἐν (by) ποίᾳ (what) ἐξουσίᾳ (authority) ταῦτα (these things) ποιῶ (I am doing).”