Matthew 21:27

So they answered Jesus and said, “We do not know.” And He said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things. 1 The Parable of the Two Sons

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

In Context

26But if we should say, ‘From men,’ we fear the crowd, for all regard John as a prophet.”

28“But what do you think? A man had two children. And having come to the first, he said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’

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Cross References

Matthew 15:14Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. And if the blind guides the blind, both will fall into a ditch.”

Matthew 23:16“Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, is obligated.’

John 9:30The man answered and said to them, “Why, this is a remarkable thing, that you do not know where He is from; yet He opened my eyes!

Matthew Henry on Matthew 21:24-28

Christ Questioned as to His Authority. 23 And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority? 24 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things. 25 The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we… Read the whole commentary →

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