They answered Jesus, “We don’t know.”
Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Mark 11:33 in context
Mark 11:30–33
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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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If we should say, ‘From men’”—they feared the people, for all held John to really be a prophet.
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They answered Jesus, “We don’t know.”
Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
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