Then<n id="1" /> Jesus said to them, &#8220;Neither will I tell you<n id="2" /> by whose authority<n id="3" /> I do these things.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;If<n id="1" /> you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners<n id="2" /> love those who love them.<n id="3" />

And<n id="1" /> if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even<n id="2" /> sinners<n id="3" /> do the same.

And if you lend to those from whom you hope to be repaid,<n id="1" /> what credit is that to you? Even sinners<n id="2" /> lend to sinners, so that they may be repaid in full.<n id="3" />

But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief<n id="1" /> was coming, he would not have let<n id="2" /> his house be broken into.

and said to him,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Tell us: By what authority<n id="2" /> are you doing these things?<n id="3" /> Or who it is who gave you this authority?&#8221;

He<n id="1" /> said to them, &#8220;What things?&#8221; &#8220;The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene,&#8221; they replied, &#8220;a man<n id="2" /> who, with his powerful deeds and words, proved to be a prophet<n id="3" /> before God and all the people;