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O batismo de João(A)

20 E aconteceu, num daqueles dias, que, estando ele ensinando o povo no templo e anunciando o evangelho, sobrevieram os principais dos sacerdotes e os escribas com os anciãos e falaram-lhe, dizendo: Dize-nos: com que autoridade fazes essas coisas? Ou quem é que te deu esta autoridade? E, respondendo ele, disse-lhes: Também eu vos farei uma pergunta: dizei-me, pois: o batismo de João era do céu ou dos homens? E eles arrazoavam entre si, dizendo: Se dissermos: do céu, ele nos dirá: Então, por que o não crestes? E, se dissermos: dos homens, todo o povo nos apedrejará, pois têm por certo que João era profeta. E responderam que não sabiam de onde era. E Jesus lhes disse: Tampouco vos direi com que autoridade faço isto.

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The Authority of Jesus Questioned(A)

20 One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts(B) and proclaiming the good news,(C) the chief priests and the teachers of the law, together with the elders, came up to him. “Tell us by what authority you are doing these things,” they said. “Who gave you this authority?”(D)

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

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

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

Jesus said, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”

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20 And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon him with the elders,

And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?

And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me:

The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?

And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?

But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.

And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.

And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

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