and they began saying to him, “By what authority do you do these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Mark 11:28 in context
Mark 11:25–31
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Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.
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But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your transgressions.”
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They came again to Jerusalem, and as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came to him,
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and they began saying to him, “By what authority do you do these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?”
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Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
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The baptism of John—was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me.”
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They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we should say, ‘From heaven;’ he will say, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
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