Mark 11:33

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

So, they answered Jesus and said, “We do not know [where John got his authority to immerse].” Jesus replied to them, “[Then] neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things [i.e., miracles and teaching].”

Cross References

Matthew 15:14

[So], let these Pharisees alone; they are blind leaders. And if a blind person leads a blind person, both of them will fall into a ditch.”

Matthew 16:4

“It is an evil and spiritually unfaithful generation of people [that keeps on] looking for a [supernatural] sign; but there will be no [such] sign given to it except the sign of Jonah [i.e., being in the huge fish for three days].” Then He left them and went away.

Matthew 21:27

So, they answered Jesus, “We do not know [where John got the authority for his immersion].” Jesus then replied to them, “[Then] neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things [i.e., miracles and teaching].

Mark 11:32

But, should we say ‘from men’ [instead]?” Now they feared the people, for all of them considered John to be a true prophet.

Mark 12:1

Jesus began speaking to them [i.e., to the leading priests and experts in the Law of Moses (See 11:18) or, to the people (See Luke 20:19)] by using parables. He said, “A man planted a vineyard and built a fence around it. He dug a place for constructing a grape squeezing device, built a [lookout] tower [near it], then leased it out to tenant farmers and went to another country.

John 3:10

Jesus answered him, “Are you a teacher of the Israelites and [yet] you do not understand these things?

John 9:27

He answered them, “I just told you, but you would not listen. Why should I tell you again? Do you men want to become his disciples, too?”

Romans 1:28

And since these people refused to acknowledge God, He has allowed [or, abandoned] them to have degraded minds and to practice those things which they should not do.

2 Corinthians 3:15

But to this day, a veil remains on their minds whenever [the writings of] Moses are read.