They feared the people, so they said, “We do not know.” “So then, I will not answer your question,” he said to them, “and tell you by what right I do these things.”
He said to them, “You did not listen the first time I told you. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become one of his followers?” This made the leaders angry, so they tried to insult the man.
So they answered him, “We do not know.” “So then,” Creator Sets Free (Jesus) said to them, “neither will I tell you what gives me the right to do these things.” Then, since they would not answer him, he told them the answer to his own question about Gift of Goodwill (John)—with a story.
It is the bad-hearted and unfaithful people of today who look for signs, but the only sign they will be given is the sign of the prophet Wings of Dove (Jonah).” After saying this, he left them and went on his way. He and his followers took their canoe to cross again to the other side of the lake.
Then he warned them, “The Separated Ones (Pharisees) are blind guides. The ones who follow them are also blind, and they will both fall into a ditch. You will do well to stay away from them.”