³¹ And they discussed it with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ^(A)‘Why then did you not believe him?’ ³² But shall we say, ‘From man’?”—^(B)they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John really was ^(C)a prophet.

²⁵ The baptism of John, ^(A)from where did it come? ^(B)From heaven or from man?” And they discussed it among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say to us, ^(C)‘Why then did you not believe him?’ ²⁶ But if we say, ‘From man,’ ^(D)we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was ^(E)a prophet.”