Luke 20:8
Then Jesus said to them,“Neither will I tell you by whose authority I do these things.”
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- Job 5:12-13 : 12 He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had planned! 13 He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is brought to a quick end.
- Prov 26:4-5 : 4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you yourself also be like him. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own opinion.
- Matt 15:14 : 14 Leave them! They are blind guides. If someone who is blind leads another who is blind, both will fall into a pit.”
- Matt 16:4 : 4 A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” Then he left them and went away.
- Matt 21:27 : 27 So they answered Jesus,“We don’t know.” Then he said to them,“Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
- Mark 11:33 : 33 So they answered Jesus,“We don’t know.” Then Jesus said to them,“Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”
- Luke 22:68 : 68 and if I ask you, you will not answer.
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27So they answered Jesus,“We don’t know.” Then he said to them,“Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
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33So they answered Jesus,“We don’t know.” Then Jesus said to them,“Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”
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24Jesus answered them,“I will also ask you one question. If you answer me then I will also tell you by what authority I do these things.
25Where did John’s baptism come from? From heaven or from people?” They discussed this among themselves, saying,“If we say,‘From heaven,’ he will say,‘Then why did you not believe him?’
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30Then he warned them not to tell anyone about him.
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20Then he said to them,“But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered,“The Christ of God.”
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25So he said to them,“Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
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20Jesus replied,“I have spoken publicly to the world. I always taught in the synagogues and in the temple courts, where all the Jewish people assemble together. I have said nothing in secret.
21Why do you ask me? Ask those who heard what I said. They know what I said.”
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40For they did not dare any longer to ask him anything.
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21Thus they asked him,“Teacher, we know that you speak and teach correctly, and show no partiality, but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.
22Is it right for us to pay the tribute tax to Caesar or not?”
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26Jesus sent him home, saying,“Do not even go into the village.”
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26I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the Father who sent me is truthful, and the things I have heard from him I speak to the world.”
27(They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father.)
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21Then he said to them,“Do you still not understand?”
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16He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” When the people heard this, they said,“May this never happen!”
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32Jesus stopped, called them, and said,“What do you want me to do for you?”
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46No one was able to answer him a word, and from that day on no one dared to question him any longer.
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32Jesus said to them,“I have shown you many good deeds from the Father. For which one of them are you going to stone me?”
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16So Jesus replied,“My teaching is not from me, but from the one who sent me.