John 18:20 Cross References - WNT

²⁰ "As for me," replied Jesus, "I have spoken openly to the world. I have continually taught in some synagogue or in the Temple where all the Jews are wont to assemble, and I have said nothing in secret.

²³ Then Jesus travelled through all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom, and curing every kind of disease and infirmity among the people.

³⁵ And Jesus continued His circuits through all the towns and the villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom, and curing every kind of disease and infirmity.

²³ He entered the Temple; and while He was teaching, the High Priests and the Elders of the people came to Him and asked Him, "By what authority are you doing these things? and who gave you this authority?" ²⁴ "And I also have a question to ask *you*," replied Jesus, "and if you answer me, I in turn will tell you by what authority I do these things. ²⁵ John's Baptism, whence was it? --had it a heavenly or a human origin?" So they debated the matter among themselves. "If we say 'a heavenly origin,'" they argued, "he will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?' ²⁶ and if we say 'a human origin' we have the people to fear, for they all hold John to have been a Prophet." ²⁷ So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." "Nor do I tell you," He replied, "by what authority I do these things."

²⁶ If therefore they should say to you, 'See, He is in the Desert!' do not go out there: or 'See, He is indoors in the room!' do not believe it.

⁵⁵ Then said Jesus to the crowds, "Have you come out as if to fight with a robber, with swords and bludgeons to apprehend me? Day after day I have been sitting teaching in the Temple, and you did not arrest me.

⁶⁵ Then the High Priest tore his robes and exclaimed, "Impious language! What further need have we of witnesses! See, you have now heard the impiety.

¹⁵ And He proceeded to teach in their synagogues, winning praise from all.

⁴⁵ Then Jesus entered the Temple and proceeded to drive out the dealers. ⁴⁶ "It is written," He said, "'AND MY HOUSE SHALL BE THE HOUSE OF PRAYER,' but you have made it A ROBBERS' CAVE." ⁴⁷ And day after day He taught in the Temple, while the High Priests and the Scribes were devising some means of destroying Him, as were also the leading men of the people.

¹ On one of those days while He was teaching the people in the Temple and proclaiming the Good News, the High Priests came upon Him, and the Scribes, ² together with the Elders, and they asked Him, "Tell us, By what authority are you doing these things? And who is it that gave you this authority?" ³ "I also will put a question to you, "He said; ⁴ "was John's baptism of Heavenly or of human origin?" ⁵ So they debated the matter with one another. "If we say 'Heavenly,'" they argued, "he will say, 'Why did you not believe him?' ⁶ And if we say, 'human,' the people will all stone us; for they are thoroughly convinced that John was a Prophet." ⁷ And they answered that they did not know the origin of it. ⁸ "Nor will I tell you," said Jesus, "by what authority I do these things."

³⁷ His habit at this time was to teach in the Temple by day, but to go out and spend the night on the Mount called the Oliveyard.

⁴ For no one acts in secret, desiring all the while to be himself known publicly. Since you are doing these things, show yourself openly to the world."

¹⁴ But when the Festival was already half over, Jesus went up to the Temple and commenced teaching.

²⁶ But here he is, speaking openly and boldly, and they say nothing to him! Can the Rulers really have ascertained that this man is the Christ?

²⁸ Jesus therefore, while teaching in the Temple, cried aloud, and said, "Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from. And yet I have not come of my own accord; but there is One who has sent me, an Authority indeed, of whom you have no knowledge.

² At break of day however He returned to the Temple, and there the people came to Him in crowds. He seated Himself;

²⁶ "Many things I have to speak and to judge concerning you. But He who sent me is true, and the things which I have heard from Him are those which I have come into the world to speak."

²³ and Jesus was walking in the Temple in Solomon's Portico, ²⁴ when the Jews gathered round Him and kept asking Him, "How long do you mean to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us so plainly." ²⁵ "I have told you," answered Jesus, "and you do not believe. The deeds that I do in my Father's name--they give testimony about me. ²⁶ But you do not believe, because you are not my sheep. ²⁷ My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. ²⁸ I give them the Life of the Ages, and they shall never, never perish, nor shall any one wrest them from my hand. ²⁹ What my Father has given me is more precious than all besides; and no one is able to wrest anything from my Father's hand. ³⁰ I and the Father are one." ³¹ Again the Jews brought stones with which to stone Him. ³² Jesus remonstrated with them. "Many good deeds," He said, "have I shown you as coming from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?" ³³ "For no good deed," the Jews replied, "are we going to stone you, but for blasphemy, and because you, who are only a man, are making yourself out to be God." ³⁴ "Does it not stand written in your Law," replied Jesus, "'I SAID, YOU ARE GODS'? ³⁵ If those to whom God's word was addressed are called gods (and the Scripture cannot be annulled), ³⁶ how is it that you say to one whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am God's Son'? ³⁷ If the deeds I do are not my Father's deeds, do not believe me. ³⁸ But if they are, then even if you do not believe me, at least believe the deeds, that you may know and see clearly that the Father is in me, and that I am in the Father." ³⁹ This made them once more try to arrest Him, but He withdrew out of their power.

²⁶ For the King, to whom I speak freely, knows about these matters. I am not to be persuaded that any detail of them has escaped his notice; for these things have not been done in a corner.