Luke 20:2

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Luke 20:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and scribes, together with the elders, came up to Him.

2 “Tell us,” they said, “by what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?”

3 “I will also ask you a question,” Jesus replied. “Tell Me:

4 John’s baptism—was it from heaven, or from men?”

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Then they led the colt to Jesus, threw their cloaks over it, and put Jesus on it.

Luke 19:36

As He rode along, the people spread their cloaks on the road.

Luke 19:37

And as He approached the descent from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of disciples began to praise God joyfully in a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:

Luke 19:38

“Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”

Luke 19:39

But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples!”

Luke 19:40

“I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”

Luke 19:45

Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there.

Luke 19:46

He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”

Matthew 21:23

When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You this authority?”

Matthew 21:24

“I will also ask you one question,” Jesus replied, “and if you answer Me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

Matthew 21:25

What was the source of John’s baptism? Was it from heaven or from men?” They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’

Matthew 21:26

But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the people, for they all regard John as a prophet.”

Matthew 21:27

So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

Mark 11:28

“By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You the authority to do them?”

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.

Mark 11:30

John’s baptism—was it from heaven or from men? Answer Me!”

Mark 11:31

They deliberated among themselves what they should answer: “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’

Mark 11:32

But if we say, ‘From men’...” they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John truly was a prophet.

Mark 11:33

So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”

Exodus 2:14

But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.”

John 2:18

On account of this, the Jews demanded, “What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do these things?”

John 5:22

Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,

John 5:23

so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

John 5:24

Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.

John 5:25

Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

John 5:26

For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.

John 5:27

And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.

Acts 4:7

They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”

Acts 4:8

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people!

Acts 4:9

If we are being examined today about a kind service to a man who was lame, to determine how he was healed,

Acts 4:10

then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.

Acts 7:27

But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?

Acts 7:35

This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

Acts 7:36

He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.

Acts 7:37

This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’

Acts 7:38

He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.

Acts 7:39

But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

Acts 7:51

You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.