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Luke 20:2
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KJ21
and spoke unto Him, saying, “Tell us by what authority doest thou these things? Or who is he that gave thee this authority?
ASV
and they spake, saying unto him, Tell us: By what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?
AMP
and said to Him, “Tell us by what kind of authority You are doing these things? Or who is the one who gave You this authority?”
AMPC
And said to Him, Tell us by what [sort of] authority You are doing these things? Or who is it who gave You this authority?
BRG
And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?
CSB
and said to him, “Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things? Who is it who gave you this authority?”
CSBA
and said to him, ‘Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things? Who is it who gave you this authority? ’
CEB
They said, “Tell us: What kind of authority do you have for doing these things? Who gave you this authority?”
CJB
and said, “Tell us, what s’mikhah do you have that authorizes you to do these things? Who gave you this s’mikhah?”
CEV
asked him, “What right do you have to do these things? Who gave you this authority?”
DARBY
and spoke to him saying, Tell us by what authority thou doest these things, or who is it who has given thee this authority?
DLNT
And they spoke, saying to Him, “Tell us, by what-kind-of  authority are You doing these things, or who is the one having given You this authority?”
DRA
And spoke to him, saying: Tell us, by what authority dost thou these things? or, Who is he that hath given thee this authority?
ERV
They said, “Tell us what authority you have to do these things. Who gave you this authority?”
EASY
They asked him, ‘Tell us what authority you have to do these things? Who gave you the authority to do them?’
EHV
They asked him, “Tell us by what authority you are doing these things. Or who is the one who gave you this authority?”
ESV
and said to him, “Tell us by what authority you do these things, or who it is that gave you this authority.”
ESVUK
and said to him, “Tell us by what authority you do these things, or who it is that gave you this authority.”
EXB
saying, “Tell us what authority you have to do these things? [L Or] Who gave you this authority?”
GNV
And spake unto him, saying, Tell us by what authority thou doest these things, or who is he that hath given thee this authority?
GW
They asked him, “Tell us, what gives you the right to do these things? Who told you that you could do this?”
GNT
and said to him, “Tell us, what right do you have to do these things? Who gave you such right?”
HCSB
and said to Him: “Tell us, by what authority are You doing these things? Who is it who gave You this authority?”
ICB
They said, “Tell us! What authority do you have to do these things? Who gave you this authority?”
ISV
and asked him, “Tell us: By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”
PHILLIPS
Then one day as he was teaching the people in the Temple, and preaching the Gospel to them, the chief priests, the scribes and elders confronted him in a body and asked him this direct question, “Tell us by whose authority you act as you do—who gave you such authority?”
JUB
and spoke unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?
KJV
And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?
AKJV
and spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?
LSB
and they spoke, saying to Him, “Tell us by what authority You are doing these things, or who is the one who gave You this authority?”
LEB
and said, saying to him, “Tell us, by what authority you are doing these things, or who is the one who gave you this authority?
TLB
They demanded to know by what authority he had driven out the merchants from the Temple.
MSG
One day he was teaching the people in the Temple, proclaiming the Message. The high priests, religion scholars, and leaders confronted him and demanded, “Show us your credentials. Who authorized you to speak and act like this?”
MEV
and said to Him, “Tell us, by what authority are You doing these things? Who is he who gave You this authority?”
MOUNCE
and spoke to him, saying, “Tell us by what authority you are doing these things; or who it is who gave you · this authority?”
NOG
They asked him, “Tell us, what gives you the right to do these things? Who told you that you could do this?”
NABRE
and said to him, “Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things? Or who is the one who gave you this authority?”
NASB
and they declared, saying to Him, “Tell us by what authority You are doing these things, or who is the one who gave You this authority?”
NASB1995
and they spoke, saying to Him, “Tell us by what authority You are doing these things, or who is the one who gave You this authority?”
NCB
said to him, “Tell us by what authority you are doing these things. Or who is it that gave you this authority?”
NCV
saying, “Tell us what authority you have to do these things? Who gave you this authority?”
NET
and said to him, “Tell us: By what authority are you doing these things? Or who is it who gave you this authority?”
NIRV
“Tell us by what authority you are doing these things,” they all said. “Who gave you this authority?”
NIV
“Tell us by what authority you are doing these things,” they said. “Who gave you this authority?”
NIVUK
‘Tell us by what authority you are doing these things,’ they said. ‘Who gave you this authority?’
NKJV
and spoke to Him, saying, “Tell us, by what authority are You doing these things? Or who is he who gave You this authority?”
NLV
They said to Him, “Tell us, by what right and power are You doing these things? Who gave You the right and the power?”
NLT
They demanded, “By what authority are you doing all these things? Who gave you the right?”
NMB
and spoke to him, saying, Tell us by what authority you do these things. Or who is it that gave you this authority?
NRSVA
and said to him, ‘Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things? Who is it who gave you this authority?’
NRSVACE
and said to him, ‘Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things? Who is it who gave you this authority?’
NRSVCE
and said to him, “Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things? Who is it who gave you this authority?”
NRSVUE
and said to him, “Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things? Who is it who gave you this authority?”
NTFE
“Tell us: by what authority are you doing these things? Or who gave you this authority?”
OJB
They spoke, saying to him, Tell us by what shlita (authority) you do these things, or who is the one having given to you this shlita?
RGT
and spoke to Him, saying, “Tell us by what authority You do these things? Or, who is he who has given You this authority?”
RSV
and said to him, “Tell us by what authority you do these things, or who it is that gave you this authority.”
RSVCE
and said to him, “Tell us by what authority you do these things, or who it is that gave you this authority.”
TLV
And they spoke, saying to Him, “Tell us by what authority are You doing these things? Or who is the one who gave You this authority?”
VOICE
Elders: Tell us by what authority You march into the temple and disrupt our worship. Who gave You this authority?
WEB
They asked him, “Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? Or who is giving you this authority?”
WE
They said to him, `Tell us what right you have to do these things. Who gave you the right to do them?'
WYC
and they said to him, [saying,] Say to us, in what power thou doest these things, or who is he that gave to thee this power?
YLT
and spake unto him, saying, `Tell us by what authority thou dost these things? or who is he that gave to thee this authority?'
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