The Pharisees and Sadducees Test Jesus

16 ^(A)And the ^(B)Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing Him, they ^(C)asked Him to show them ^[a]a sign from heaven. ² But He replied to them, “^[b](D)When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ ³ And in the morning, ‘There will be a storm today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ ^(E)Do you know how to discern the ^[c]appearance of the sky, but cannot discern the signs of the times? ^4 (F)An evil and adulterous generation eagerly seeks for ^[d]a sign; and ^[e]a sign will not be given it, except the ^[f]sign of Jonah.” And He left them and went away.

²⁴ And Jesus answered and said to them, “I will also ask you one ^[a]thing, which if you tell Me, I will also tell you by what authority I do these things. ²⁵ The baptism of John was from what source, from heaven or from men?” And they began reasoning among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’ ²⁶ But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the crowd; for they all regard John as ^(A)a prophet.” ²⁷ And they answered Jesus and said, “We do not know.” He also said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.