Matthew 21:25

Good News Translation

Where did John's right to baptize come from: was it from God or from human beings?” They started to argue among themselves, “What shall we say? If we answer, ‘From God,’ he will say to us, ‘Why, then, did you not believe John?’

Cross References

Matthew 16:7

They started discussing among themselves, “He says this because we didn't bring any bread.”

Matthew 21:24

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.

Matthew 21:26

But if we say, ‘From human beings,’ we are afraid of what the people might do, because they are all convinced that John was a prophet.”

Luke 14:4

But they would not say a thing. Jesus took the man, healed him, and sent him away.

Luke 20:5

They started to argue among themselves, “What shall we say? If we say, ‘From God,’ he will say, ‘Why, then, did you not believe John?’

John 1:15

John spoke about him. He cried out, “This is the one I was talking about when I said, ‘He comes after me, but he is greater than I am, because he existed before I was born.’”

John 1:6

God sent his messenger, a man named John,

John 3:18

Those who believe in the Son are not judged; but those who do not believe have already been judged, because they have not believed in God's only Son.

1 John 3:20

If our conscience condemns us, we know that God is greater than our conscience and that he knows everything.