Bible verse
So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”
Mark 11:33 · BSB
The verses around it, from Mark 11.
29 “I will ask you one question,” Jesus replied, “and if you answer Me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
30 John’s baptism—was it from heaven or from men? Answer Me!”
31 They deliberated among themselves what they should answer: “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
32 But if we say, ‘From men’...” they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John truly was a prophet.
33 So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”
KJV
And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
ASV
And they answered Jesus and say, We know not. And Jesus saith unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
ERV
And they answered Jesus and say, We know not. And Jesus saith unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
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