Matthew 21:27

And they answered Iesus and sayde: we cannot tell. And he lyke wyse sayd vnto them: nether tell I you by what auctorite I do these thinges.

Tyndale New Testament

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 and if we shall saye of men then feare we the people. For all men helde Iohn as a Prophet.

28What saye ye to this? A certayne man had two sonnes and came to the elder and sayde: sonne go and worke to daye in my vineyarde.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:14Let them alone they be the blynde leaders of the blynde. If the blynde leede the blynde boothe shall fall into the dyche.

Matthew 23:16Wo be vnto you blynd gides which saye whosoever sweare by the temple it is no thinge: but whosoever sweare by the golde of the temple he offendeth.

John 9:30The man answered and sayde vnto them: this is a merveleous thinge that ye wote not whence he is seinge he hath opened myne 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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