Cross References

Mark 11:30

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

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Jesus answered, “I have just one question to ask you. If you answer it, I will tell you where I got the right to do these things.

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.

I can assure you that Elijah has already come. And people treated him just as they wanted to, as the Scriptures say they would.

So I advise you to stay away from these men. Leave them alone. If what they are planning is something of their own doing, it will fail.