World English Bible
Matthew 21:27
“They answered Jesus, and said, "We don't know." He also said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
Verse in context — Matthew 21
25
The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from men?" They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Why then did you not believe him?
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But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.
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They answered Jesus, and said, "We don't know." He also said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
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But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, 'Son, go work today in my vineyard.
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He answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he changed his mind, and went.
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