King James Version (KJV)

Luke 20:5

“And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?”

Verse in context — Luke 20

And he answered and said unto them, ‹I will also ask you one thing; and answer me:›

‹The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?›

And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?

But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.

And they answered, that they could not tell whence [it was].

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