Matthew 21:23-25 When he had gone into the Temple courts, the high priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching and said, "By what authority are you doing this, and who gave you this authority?"

Riverside⁽ⁱ⁾ ²³ When he had gone into the Temple courts, the high priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching and said, "By what authority are you doing this, and who gave you this authority?" ²⁴ Jesus replied to them, "I too will ask you one question. If you answer me, then I also will tell you by what authority I am doing this. ²⁵ The baptism of John — where did it come from? From heaven or from men?" They debated among themselves, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'