Matthew 21:27 - Easy To Read Version

²⁷ So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know \{where John’s authority came from\}.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ So they answered Jesus, We do not know. And He said to them, Neither will I tell you by what power of authority I do these things.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ And they answered Jesus, and said, We know not. He also said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

Common English Bible

²⁷ Then they replied, “We don’t know.” Jesus also said to them, “Neither will I tell you what kind of authority I have to do these things.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ And so, they answered Jesus by saying, "We do not know." So he also said to them: "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

Matthew 21:27 Cross References

Isaiah 28:9

The Lord is trying to teach a lesson to the people. The Lord is trying to make the people understand his teachings. But the people are like little babies. They are like babies that were at their mother’s breast only a very short time ago.

Isaiah 6:10

Confuse the people. Make the people not able to understand the things they hear and see. If you don’t do this, then people might really understand the things they hear with their ears. The people might really understand in their minds. If they did this, then the people might come back to me and be healed (forgiven)!”

Matthew 15:14

Stay away from the Pharisees. {\cf2\super [208]} They lead the people, but they are like blind men leading other blind men. And if a blind man leads another blind man, then both men will fall into a hole.”

Matthew 16:3

And in the morning you watch the sunrise. If the sky is dark and red, then you say that it will be a rainy day. These things are signs of the weather. You see these signs in the sky and you know what they mean. In the same way, you see the things that are happening now. These things are also signs. But you don’t know the meaning of these signs.

Matthew 21:26

But we can’t say John's baptism was from someone else. We are afraid of the people, because they all believe that John was a prophet. {\cf2\super [296]} ”

Matthew 21:28

“Tell me what you think about this: There was a man that had two sons. The man went to the first son and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’

John 9:30

The man answered, “This is a very strange thing. You don’t know where Jesus comes from. But he healed my eyes.

Romans 1:28

People did not think it was important to have a true knowledge of God. So God left them and allowed those people to have their own worthless thinking. And so those people do the things that they should not do.

2 Corinthians 4:3

The Good News {\cf2\super [16]} that we tell people may be hidden. But it is hidden only to those people who are lost.