[20:1] One day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up
[20:2] and said to him, “Tell us by what authority you do these things, or who it is that gave you this authority.”
[20:3] He answered them, “I also will ask you a question. Now tell me,
[20:4] was the baptism of John from heaven or from man?”
[20:5] And they discussed it with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’
[20:6] But if we say, ‘From man,’ all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”
[20:7] So they answered that they did not know where it came from.
[20:8] And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”