1. One day Jesus was in the Temple, teaching the people and telling them the Good News. The leading priests, teachers of the law, and Jewish elders came up to talk with him.
2. They said, “Tell us! What authority do you have to do these things? Who gave you this authority?”
3. Jesus answered, “I will ask you a question too. Tell me:
4. When John baptized people, did that come from God or from man?”
5. The priests, the teachers of the law, and the Jewish leaders all talked about this. They said to each other, “If we answer, ‘John’s baptism was from God,’ then Jesus will say, ‘Then why did you not believe John?’
6. But if we say, ‘John’s baptism was from man,’ then all the people will kill us with stones because they believe that John was a prophet.”
7. So they answered, “We don’t know the answer.”