[20:1] One day when Jesus was in the Temple teaching the people and preaching the Good News, the chief priests and the teachers of the Law, together with the elders, came
[20:2] and said to him, “Tell us, what right do you have to do these things? Who gave you such right?”
[20:3] Jesus answered them, “Now let me ask you a question. Tell me,
[20:4] did John's right to baptize come from God or from human beings?”
[20:5] They started to argue among themselves, “What shall we say? If we say, ‘From God,’ he will say, ‘Why, then, did you not believe John?’
[20:6] But if we say, ‘From human beings,’ this whole crowd here will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”
[20:7] So they answered, “We don't know where it came from.”
[20:8] And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you, then, by what right I do these things.”