Mark 11:29-32 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.

NHEB⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁹ 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. ³⁰ The baptism of John—was it from heaven, or from people? Answer me." ³¹ They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we should say, 'From heaven;' he will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?' ³² If we should say, 'From people'"—they feared the crowd, for all held John to really be a prophet.