28. and asked Him, “By what authority are You doing these things? Who gave You this authority to do these things? ”
29. Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question; then answer Me, and I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
30. Was John’s baptism from heaven or from men? Answer Me.”
31. They began to argue among themselves: “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Then why didn’t you believe him? ’
32. But if we say, ‘From men’ ” — they were afraid of the crowd, because everyone thought that John was a genuine prophet.
33. So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.”And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”