Matthew 21:24-26

21st Century King James Version

²⁴ And Jesus answered and said unto them, “I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell Me, I in like manner will tell you by what authority I do these things.

²⁵ The baptism of John: whence was it? From Heaven, or of men?” And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we shall say, ‘From Heaven,’ he will say unto us, ‘Why did ye not then believe him?’

²⁶ But if we shall say, ‘Of men,’ we fear the people, for all hold John to be a prophet.”