“They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we should say, ‘From heaven;’ he will say, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’”
Mark 11:31 (WEB)
Context Reading
29Jesus said to them,“I will ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. 30The baptism of John — was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me.” 31They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we should say, ‘From heaven;’ he will say, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ 32If we should say, ‘From men’” — they feared the people, for all held John to really be a prophet. 33They answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” Jesus said to them,“Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”