1 One day as he was teaching the people in the temple area and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests and scribes, together with the elders, approached him
2 and said to him, “Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things? Or who is the one who gave you this authority?”
3 He said to them in reply, “I shall ask you a question. Tell me,
4 was John’s baptism of heavenly or of human origin?”