Matthew 21:23

New Century Version

Jesus went to the Temple, and while he was teaching there, the leading priests and the elders of the people came to him. They said, “What authority do you have to do these things? Who gave you this authority?”

Cross References

Exodus 2:14

The man answered, “Who made you our ruler and judge? Are you going to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Moses was afraid and thought, “Now everyone knows what I did.”

Matthew 20:4

So he said to them, ‘If you go and work in my vineyard, I will pay you what your work is worth.’

Matthew 21:24

Jesus answered, “I also will ask you a question. If you answer me, then I will tell you what authority I have to do these things.

Matthew 24:1

As Jesus left the Temple and was walking away, his followers came up to show him the Temple’s buildings.

Matthew 26:55

Then Jesus said to the crowd, “You came to get me with swords and clubs as if I were a criminal. Every day I sat in the Temple teaching, and you did not arrest me there.

Luke 19:47

Jesus taught in the Temple every day. The leading priests, the experts on the law, and some of the leaders of the people wanted to kill Jesus.

Luke 20:1

One day Jesus was in the Temple, teaching the people and telling them the Good News. The leading priests, teachers of the law, and elders came up to talk with him,

Acts 4:7

They made Peter and John stand before them and then asked them, “By what power or authority did you do this?”

Acts 7:27

The man who was hurting the other pushed Moses away and said, ‘Who made you our ruler and judge?