11 ²⁷ THEY CAME ONCE MORE to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple court the chief priests, lawyers, and elders came to him 11 ²⁸ and said, 'By what authority are you acting like this? Who gave you authority to act in this way?' 11 ²⁹ Jesus said to them, 'I have a question to ask you too; and if you give me an answer, I will tell you by what authority I act. 11 ³⁰ The baptism of John: was it from God, or from men? Answer me.' 11 ³¹ This set them arguing among themselves: 'What shall we say? If we say, "from God", he will say, "Then why did you not believe him?" 11 ³² Shall we say, "from men"?'- but they were afraid of the people, for all held that John was in fact a prophet. 11 ³³ So they answered Jesus, 'We do not know.' And Jesus said to them, 'Then neither will I tell you by what authority I act.'