22 (A)And whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, if ye believe, ye shall receive it.

23 (B)[a]And when he was come into the Temple, the chief Priests, and the Elders of the people came unto him, as he was teaching, and said, By what [b]authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

24 Then Jesus answered, and said unto them, I also will ask of you [c]a certain thing, which if ye tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 21:23 Against them which overstepping the doctrine, blind the calling and vocation to an ordinary succession going about by that false pretext, to stop Christ’s mouth.
  2. Matthew 21:23 Or, by what power.
  3. Matthew 21:24 One word, that is to say, I will ask you in one word.

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