“They asked him, “Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? Or who is giving you this authority?”
Luke 20:2 (WEB)
Context Reading
1On one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the Good News, thepriests and scribes came to him with the elders. 2They asked him, “Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? Or who is giving you this authority?” 3He answered them,“I also will ask you one question. Tell me: 4the baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?”