Tell me, where did John's right to baptize come from: was it from God or from human beings?”
I tell you, however, that Elijah has already come and that people treated him just as they pleased, as the Scriptures say about him.”
Jesus answered them, “I will ask you just one question, and if you give me an answer, I will tell you what right I have to do these things.
They started to argue among themselves: “What shall we say? If we answer, ‘From God,’ he will say, ‘Why, then, did you not believe John?’
And so in this case, I tell you, do not take any action against these men. Leave them alone! If what they have planned and done is of human origin, it will disappear,