Mark 11:28-33

English Standard Version

²⁸ and they said to him, ^(A)“By what authority are you doing these things, or who gave you this authority to do them?” ²⁹ Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question; answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. ³⁰ Was the baptism of John ^(B)from heaven or from man? Answer me.” ³¹ And they discussed it with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ^(C)‘Why then did you not believe him?’ ³² But shall we say, ‘From man’?”—^(D)they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John really was ^(E)a prophet. ³³ So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”