Luke 20:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

They talked this over and said to each other, “We can't say that God gave John this right. Jesus will ask us why we didn't believe John.

Cross References

Matthew 16:7

The disciples talked this over and said to each other, “He must be saying this because we didn't bring along any bread.”

Matthew 21:25

Who gave John the right to baptize? Was it God in heaven or merely some human being?” They thought it over and said to each other, “We can't say that God gave John this right. Jesus will ask us why we didn't believe John.

Luke 20:4

Who gave John the right to baptize? Was it God in heaven or merely some human being?”

Luke 20:6

And we can't say that it was merely some human who gave John the right to baptize. The crowd will stone us to death, because they think John was a prophet.”

John 1:30

He is the one I told you about when I said, “Someone else will come. He is greater than I am, because he was alive before I was born.”

John 1:34

I saw this happen, and I tell you that he is the Son of God.

John 3:26

They went to John and said, “Rabbi, you spoke about a man when you were with him east of the Jordan. He is now baptizing people, and everyone is going to him.”

John 3:36

Everyone who has faith in the Son has eternal life. But no one who rejects him will ever share in that life, and God will be angry with them for ever.

Acts 13:25

Then, when John's work was almost done, he said, “Who do you people think I am? Do you think I am the Promised One? He will come later, and I am not good enough to untie his sandals.”