Tell me, where did John's right to baptize come from: was it from God or from human beings?”
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?’
I tell you, however, that Elijah has already come and that people treated him just as they pleased, as the Scriptures say about him.”
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,