Luke 20:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Luke 20:1 NLT
One day as Jesus was teaching the people and preaching the Good News in the Temple, the leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and the elders came up to him.
Luke 20:2 NLT
They demanded, “By what authority are you doing all these things? Who gave you the right?”
Luke 20:4 NLT
“Did John’s authority to baptize come from heaven, or was it merely human?”
Luke 20:5 NLT
They talked it over among themselves. “If we say it was from heaven, he will ask why we didn’t believe John.
Luke 20:6 NLT
But if we say it was merely human, the people will stone us because they are convinced John was a prophet.”
Luke 20:8 NLT
And Jesus responded, “Then I won’t tell you by what authority I do these things.”





