Matthew 21:23-27 Being come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came near, as he was teaching, and said, by what authority do you these things?

Living_Oracles⁽ⁱ⁾ ²³ Being come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came near, as he was teaching, and said, by what authority do you these things? ²⁴ Jesus answering, said to them, I also have a question to propose, which if you answer me, I will tell you by what authority I do these things. ²⁵ Whence had John authority to immerse? From heaven or from men? Then they reasoned thus within themselves: If we say, From heaven, he will retort, Why then did you not believe him? ²⁶ And if we say, From men, we dread the multitude, amongst whom John is universally accounted a prophet. ²⁷ They, therefore, answered him, We can not tell. Jesus replied, Neither do I tell you, by what authority I do these things.