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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.
48 But they could not find any way of doing it, for the people all hung upon His lips.
20 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."