Matthew 21:24-26

Holman Christian Standard Bible

²⁴ Jesus answered them, “I will also ask you one question, and if you answer it for Me, then I will tell you by what authority I do these things. ²⁵ Where did John’s baptism come from? From heaven or from men?”

They began to argue among themselves, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Then why didn’t you believe him?’^{(A) 26} But if we say, ‘From men,’ we’re afraid of the crowd,^(B) because everyone thought John was a prophet.”^(C)