Matthew 21:23

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Jesus went into the Temple. The chief priests and the ruling elders of the people came to him while he was teaching and asked, “By what authority are you doing these things? Who gave you this authority?”

Cross References

Exodus 2:14

“Who put you in charge to judge us?” the man replied. “Are you going to kill me like you did the Egyptian?” Moses became frightened at this, and said to himself, “People know what I've done!”

Matthew 20:4

‘Go and work in the vineyard too, and I'll pay you what's right,’ he told them.

Matthew 21:24

“I too will ask you a question,” Jesus replied. “If you give me the answer, I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

Matthew 24:1

As Jesus was leaving the Temple his disciples came to him, pointing proudly to the Temple buildings.

Matthew 26:55

Then Jesus told the mob, “Have you come with swords and clubs to arrest me as if I was some kind of dangerous criminal? Every day I sat in the Temple teaching and you didn't arrest me then.

Luke 19:47

He was teaching in the Temple every day. The chief priests, the religious teachers, and the leaders of the people were trying to kill him.

Luke 20:1

Once when Jesus was teaching the people in the Temple, telling them the good news, some of the chief priests and religious teachers came with the elders.

Acts 4:7

They brought Peter and John before them and asked, “By what power or by whose authority have you done this?”

Acts 7:27

But the man who had started the fight pushed Moses away. ‘Who put you in charge over us? Are you our judge now?’ he asked.