Luke 20:2 - Revised Standard Version

² and said to him, “Tell us by what authority you do these things, or who it is that gave you this authority.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² and spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And said to Him, Tell us by what [sort of] authority You are doing these things? Or who is it who gave You this authority?

American Standard Version (1901)

² and they spake, saying unto him, Tell us: By what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?

Common English Bible

² They said, “Tell us: What kind of authority do you have for doing these things? Who gave you this authority?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

² and they spoke to him, saying: "Tell us, by what authority do you do these things? Or, who is it that has given you this authority?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And spoke to him, saying: Tell us, by what authority dost thou these things? or, Who is he that hath given thee this authority?

Luke 20:2 Cross References

Exodus 2:14

He answered, “Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid, and thought, “Surely the thing is known.”

Luke 20:1

One day, as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up

Luke 20:3

He answered them, “I also will ask you a question; now tell me,

John 2:18

The Jews then said to him, “What sign have you to show us for doing this?”

Acts 7:27

But the man who was wronging his neighbor thrust him aside, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?

Acts 7:51

“You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.