King James Version (KJV)
Mark 11:29
“And Jesus answered and said unto them, ‹I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.›”
Verse in context — Mark 11
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And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,
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And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things?
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And Jesus answered and said unto them, ‹I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.›
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‹The baptism of John, was› [it] ‹from heaven, or of men? answer me.›
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And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?
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