Matthew 21:23-27

Tree of Life Version

Questions about Yeshua’s Authority

²³ Now when He entered the Temple, the ruling kohanim and the elders of the people came to Him while He was teaching, saying, “By what authority are You doing these things? Who gave You this authority?”

²⁴ Yeshua replied to them, “I also will ask you one question. If you tell Me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things. ²⁵ John’s immersion, where was it from? From heaven or from men?”

They began to dialogue among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Then why didn’t you believe him?’ ²⁶ But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the crowd, for all hold up John as a prophet.” ²⁷ So answering Yeshua, they said, “We don’t know.”

Then He said to them, “Neither am I telling you by what authority I do these things.”