30. Was John’s baptism of heavenly or of human origin? Answer me."
31. They argued among themselves, "If we say, ‘It’s of heavenly origin,’ he’ll say, ‘Then why didn’t you believe him?’
32. But we can’t say, ‘It’s of earthly origin.’" They said this because they were afraid of the crowd, because they all thought John was a prophet.
33. They answered Jesus, "We don’t know." Jesus replied, "Neither will I tell you what kind of authority I have to do these things."