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20:1 Now one <1520> day <2250>, as Jesus <846> was teaching <1321> the people <2992> in <1722> the temple courts <2411> and <2532> proclaiming the gospel <2097>, the chief priests <749> and <2532> the experts in the law <1122> with <4862> the elders <4245> came up <2186> 20:2 and <2532> said to <4314> him <846>, “Tell <2036> us <2254>: By <1722> what <4169> authority <1849> are you doing <4160> these things <5023>? Or <2228> who <5101> it is <1510> who gave <1325> you <4671> this <3778> authority <1849>?” 20:3 He answered <2036> answered <611> them <846>, “I will <2065> also ask <2065> you <5209> a question <3056>, and <2532> you tell <2036> me <3427>: 20:4 John’s <2491> baptism <908>– was it <1510> from <1537> heaven <3772> or <2228> from <1537> people <444>?” 20:5 So <1161> they discussed <4817> it with <4314> one another <1438>, saying <3004>, “If <1437> we say <2036>, ‘From <1537> heaven <3772>,’ he will say <2046>, ‘Why <5101> did you <4100> not <3756> believe <4100> him <846>?’ 20:6 But <1161> if <1437> we say <2036>, ‘From <1537> people <444>,’ all <537> the people <2992> will stone <2642> us <2248>, because <1063> they are convinced <3982> that John <2491> was <1510> a prophet <4396>.” 20:7 So <2532> they replied <611> that they did not <3361> know <1492> where <4159> it came from. 20:8 Then <2532> Jesus <2424> said <2036> to them <846>, “Neither <3761> will <3004> I <1473> tell <3004> you <5213> by <1722> whose <4169> authority <1849> I do <4160> these things <5023>.”

• Luk 20:1-8 -- The Authority of Jesus

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• JESUS CHRIST, 4E1

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• MARK, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO, 1

  [isbe] MARK, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO, 1 - || I. OUR SECOND GOSPEL II. CONTENTS AND GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS 1. Scope 2. Material Peculiar to Mark 3. Quotations 4. A Book of Mighty Works 5. The Worker Is Also a Teacher 6. A Book of G...
  

• PUNISHMENTS

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• AUTHORITY IN RELIGION

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• John

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• Reasoning

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• EVANGELIST

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• Baptism

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• LAWYER

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• GLAD TIDINGS

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• Chief Priests

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• Challenges in the Temple Courts

  

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