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Matthew 21:27

World English Bible

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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Matthew 21:27 in other translations

And they answered Jesus, and said, We know not. He also said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

Matthew 21:27 · American Standard Version

Matthew 21:27 in context

  1. 25The 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?’
  2. 26But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.”
  3. 27They 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.
  4. 28But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’
  5. 29He answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind, and went.