2 and said to him, “Tell us: By what authority are you doing these things? Or who it is who gave you this authority?”
3 He answered them, “I will also ask you a question, and you tell me:
4 John’s baptism – was it from heaven or from people?”
5 So they discussed it with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’
6 But if we say, ‘From people,’ all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”
7 So they replied that they did not know where it came from.
8 Then Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by whose authority I do these things.”