Matthew 21:23-31 And, when He came into the temple, the high-priests and the elders of the people came to Him while He was teaching, saying, "By what authority art Thou doing these things? And who gave Thee this authority?"

Worrell⁽ⁱ⁾ ²³ And, when He came into the temple, the high-priests and the elders of the people came to Him while He was teaching, saying, "By what authority art Thou doing these things? And who gave Thee this authority?" ²⁴ And Jesus, answering, said, "I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell Me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things: ²⁵ The immersion of John—whence was it? from Heaven or from men?" And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From Heaven,' He will say to us, 'Why, then, did ye not believe him?' ²⁶ But, if we say, 'From men,' we fear the multitude; for all hold John as a prophet." ²⁷ And, answering Jesus, they said, "We do not know." He also said to them, "Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things." ²⁸ "But what think ye? A man had two children; and to the first, he said, 'Child, go, work today in the vineyard.' ²⁹ And he, answering, said, 'I go, sir,' and he went not. ³⁰ And, coming to the second, he spake in like manner; and he, answering, said, 'I am not willing;' but later, repenting, he went. ³¹ Which of the two did the will of the father?" They say, "The last." Jesus saith to them, "Verily I say to you that the tax-collectors and the harlots are going into the Kingdom of God before you.