“And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?”
Luke 20:5 (KJV)
Context Reading
3And he answered and said unto them,I will also ask you one thing; and answer me: 4The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? 5And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not? 6But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet. 7And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.