⁶⁸ and if I asked you, you would not answer.^(A)

Whose Son Is the Messiah?^(A)

⁴¹ Then Jesus said to them, “Why is it said that the Messiah is the son of David?^{(B) 42} David himself declares in the Book of Psalms:

⁴⁴ David calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son?”

³ He replied, “I will also ask you a question. Tell me: ⁴ John’s baptism^(A)—was it from heaven, or of human origin?”

⁵ They discussed it among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask, ‘Why didn’t you believe him?’ ⁶ But if we say, ‘Of human origin,’ all the people^(B) will stone us, because they are persuaded that John was a prophet.”^(C)

⁷ So they answered, “We don’t know where it was from.”