A Question for a Question

²⁷ Again they come to Jerusalem. While Yeshua was walking in the Temple, the ruling kohanim, Torah scholars, and elders come up to Him. ²⁸ And they start saying to Him, “By what authority are You doing these things? Who gave You this authority to do these things?”

²⁹ Yeshua said to them, “I will put one question to you. Answer Me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. ³⁰ The immersion of John—was it from heaven or from men? Answer Me!”

³¹ They began to dialogue among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Then why didn’t you believe him?’ ³² But if we say, ‘From men’. . .?” They were afraid of the crowd, for all held that John really was a prophet. ³³ So answering Yeshua, they say, “We don’t know.”

And Yeshua tells them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”