Matthew 21:22-24
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22 (A)Whatever you ask for in prayer with faith, you will receive.”
The Authority of Jesus Questioned.[a] 23 (B)When he had come into the temple area, the chief priests and the elders of the people approached him as he was teaching and said, “By what authority are you doing these things?[b] And who gave you this authority?”(C) 24 Jesus said to them in reply, “I shall ask you one question,[c] and if you answer it for me, then I shall tell you by what authority I do these things.
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- 21:23–27 Cf. Mk 11:27–33. This is the first of five controversies between Jesus and the religious authorities of Judaism in Mt 21:23–22:46, presented in the form of questions and answers.
- 21:23 These things: probably his entry into the city, his cleansing of the temple, and his healings there.
- 21:24 To reply by counterquestion was common in rabbinical debate.
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