Matthew 21:27

New International Reader's Version

So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” Jesus said, “Then I won’t tell you by what authority I am doing these things either.

Cross References

Isaiah 28:9

The Lord’s people are making fun of him. They say, “Who does he think he’s trying to teach? Who does he think he’s explaining his message to? Is it to children who do not need their mother’s milk anymore? Is it to those who have just been taken from her breast?

Isaiah 6:10

Make the hearts of these people stubborn. Plug up their ears. Close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes. They might hear with their ears. They might understand with their hearts. And they might turn to me and be healed.”

Matthew 15:14

Leave the Pharisees. They are blind guides. If one blind person leads another blind person, both of them will fall into a pit.”

Matthew 16:3

And in the morning you say, ‘Today it will be stormy. The sky is red and cloudy.’ You know the meaning of what you see in the sky. But you can’t understand the signs of what is happening right now.

Matthew 21:26

But what if we say, ‘From human authority’? We are afraid of the people. Everyone believes that John was a prophet.”

Matthew 21:28

“What do you think about this? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’

John 9:30

The man answered, “That is really surprising! You don’t know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes.

Romans 1:28

They didn’t think it was important to know God. So God let them continue to have evil thoughts. They did things they shouldn’t do.

2 Corinthians 4:3

Suppose our good news is covered with a veil. Then it is veiled to those who are dying.