Luke 20:1-8

Evangelical Heritage Version

Jesus’ Authority Is Questioned

20 One day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and preaching the good news, the chief priests and experts in the law came to him with the elders. ² They asked him, “Tell us by what authority you are doing these things. Or who is the one who gave you this authority?”

³ He answered them, “I will also ask you one question. Tell me: ⁴ the baptism of John—was it from heaven or from men?”

⁵ 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 men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.” ⁷ So they answered that they did not know where it was from.

⁸ Jesus said to them, “Neither am I going to tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”